Reborn on Top of Football

A month and a half later, the Air China Victory flight landed quietly at BJ Airport. Wang Ai, who was pouting and leaning on crutches, had just walked out of the passage when he was overwhelmed by the red flags waving in front of him. In front of the impatient reporter's microphone, Wang Ai calmed down: "It's a pity that we can't keep the Hercules Cup. We have done our best to eliminate the England team from this game. Thank you to the motherland for your care and thank you to the fans for their tolerance. The Chinese national team will work hard for the next World Cup from now on."

Amid unorganized and spontaneous applause from all directions, Wang Ai lowered his head and faced the microphone and camera: "Football-loving fans across the country, the World Cup is still going on, and wonderful games are still being staged every day. I know that our departure makes everyone Disappointed, but don’t be disappointed in football. I hope you can continue to appreciate it based on your love for football and admiration for technology. Because it will be four years before the next one, which is too long. I wish everyone a happy watching the game."

Lao Gao and Wei Di shook hands with everyone in turn with smiles on their faces. They should have asked about Wang Ai's injury with concern, but since Wang Ai was also a senior cadre of the Football Association, they were both a little embarrassed, so they forgot about it.

The Football Association, CCTV and various official media all followed the pre-planned plan... This plan took eight years to prepare before it was used. In 2010 and 2014, plans were prepared according to the championship, runner-up, third runner-up, semi-finals, semi-finals, semi-finals, semi-finals, and groups. In the end, they all used the same plan. Finally, today I used another plan.

According to the caliber before the game, the goal of the national team is to qualify from the group stage. Now, not only qualifying from the group stage, but also advancing to the quarterfinals, it can be regarded as overfulfilling the task, so everyone is happy... He was so overjoyed in the past two games!

Of course, compared with the past two years, the performance has declined, and the corresponding benefits will inevitably be reduced. There is no need for leaders to meet with them. The scale of the summary meeting in the Football Association conference room is also smaller, and guests are not invited. However, Director Gou still made a special trip to attend, and his speech was still mainly about praise and encouragement.

Everyone knows what the foundation of Chinese football is, and we also know that the results of the past two seasons did not rely on the self-cultivation of the Chinese football system, but actually relied on the German and European football systems. The main players have been studying abroad since they reached adulthood and have not come back yet. In this case, as they age and wither, they cannot ask for more. It is understandable that the next batch of students will not go out and only a few will go out, so their performance will decline.

Anyway, we can't ask for more from Wang Ai and his group.

Regarding Chinese football, we must also seek truth from facts.

Of course, you can't say it explicitly.

After the summary meeting, Director Gou cordially asked about Wang Ai's injury. He was the leader, so it was okay. But he is more concerned about Wang Ai's track and field... The chance of winning a gold medal in football is slim, but track and field is still possible!

The Olympics are in two years!

The Asian Games is just over a month away!

Wang Ai assured the leader that he would definitely participate in the Asian Games and that his injury was not serious. He would still compete hard and strive for medals.

The leader left happily, and the Football Association started feasting and drinking. After all, this national team also got 16 million US dollars back from Russia. The General Administration still has to draw half, and the Football Association will keep another half, leaving 4 million for the 40 players of the national team.

Through a variety of formulas including goal bonuses, main player bonuses, attendance bonuses, etc., in order to boost morale, it was announced directly at the dinner: Wang Ai, the deputy team leader, captain, and scoring 12 goals, received US$225,000; the main player Chen Tao, vice-captain and scoring 2 goals, received US$152,000; Zhao Xuri, the main player and vice-captain, received US$133,000 in bonuses...

The least one is the three-door Wang Dalei, who also has 65,000 US dollars.

In addition, Lao Gao also announced that the share of advertising sponsorship will be distributed one by one in batches, and it is estimated that each person will be no less than 5 million.

Even if everyone applauds, this World Cup is almost over for everyone.

Of course, the income has dropped sharply compared with the past two sessions, and there is nothing we can do about it. The bonuses you get back are small, so you will naturally get less points; if your performance is average, of course governments at all levels cannot issue bonuses; if your performance is still average, sponsors are not very interested; if your results are still average, fans will be a little dissatisfied, and of course the national team endorsements and appearance fees will Can't call.

Although everyone is basically not bad at this, and some like Wang Ai are not sensitive to it at all, but they are still in a low mood after all. I was so ecstatic when I reached the peak, but now I have regained it when I fell down. My mood is balanced, just like the Chinese men's football team is about to become mediocre again.

During dinner, it was inevitable that some teammates would reminisce about the grand occasion of the past two games. It was really a sea of ​​people, with red flags waving. Wherever I went, I couldn't see the smiling faces, couldn't hold the flowers, and stuffed all kinds of money into my arms. For example, although a wicketkeeper like Wang Dalei has almost no chance to play, he can still earn tens of millions in one summer by virtue of being a World Cup champion. That is called a treasure trove of gold and silver!

Even Lao Gao can't stand this madness, even after eight years and two World Cup championships.

Now Old Tang can enjoy his hardships, at least the pressure is not so great. In the game against England, Wang Ai scored a hat-trick, but he was injured and still couldn't be saved. He was scored four times. Wang Ai's words at the airport helped his teammates resist the thunder. Otherwise, it would be meaningless for commentators to say this or scold that.

The best in the country are here.

That's all it can do.

Sensing that the atmosphere was gloomy, the invited old national player began to comfort everyone: "It's funny, we haven't had a chance to play in the World Cup yet. How many times have you played in the World Cup? Hey, how many times have you played in, Xiao Wanger?"

When Wang Ai saw that it was Li Jinyu who was asking him, he waved his crutch: "5th term."

"Look, look, look!" Li Jinyu angrily said: "I have divided the money five times for five years! You bunch of losers, and of course me, eat, eat, eat as much as you can!"

Thanks to Big Brother's self-deprecation, everyone's mood finally eased a bit. Big Brother began to chat with everyone again about family, children, house, and the past. The dull atmosphere in the dinner room finally dissipated. Wang Ai also cheered up and told some jokes to everyone. Zhao Xuri also mocked him as the iron crutch king, and he jumped up and chased him.

In fact, everyone understands that excessive depression is useless. If you are depressed if you are not a champion, then what is the point of participating in the World Cup? Are you feeling angry?

We ate until after eight o'clock in the evening. Everyone was a little drunk. Big Brother came here specially, and everyone was a little reluctant to leave. We used to see each other very often, but now that we are living far away from home, it is difficult to see her even once.

Right at the entrance of the Football Association, Wang Ai invited everyone to gather for a group photo. There were fifty or sixty current and former national footballers.

Wang Ai insisted on using crutches at the door to help the big brothers get into the car. Most people held his hand and talked to him a lot. Maybe they had a certain respect for the dean of the college, but in the adult world, where is the distinction so clear?