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Chapter 170 National football match, Li Rui stepped aside

Seeing that Li Rui shook hands with him, Fabian Delphi was relieved from his uneasy heart. He pulled his teammates around him and introduced Li Rui in a dignified manner, "Jonathan Weber, my teammate , he is your fan, and his biggest dream is to get a piece of your autograph."

Li Rui was not surprised to see Fabian Delph talking eloquently. Maybe it was a cultural difference. Most foreign children were more open-minded. He saw the little boy named Jonathan whispering to Fabian Delphi. Delphi complained, 'Obviously you pulled me here. 'Then, I heard Fabian Delph shout in a low voice, 'Shut up, Jonathan, do you still want to sign? ', poor Jonathan Weber, immediately shut up obediently.

Li Rui also smiled. He was only under 20 years old, and there is no so-called generation gap with these 14-year-old children. Li Rui stretched out his hand, "Hello, Jonathan, let me introduce myself, I am Li."

"Hello, Li." Jonathan Weber was also amused by Li Rui's humor, and he stretched out his hand without feeling nervous, "You are my idol."

Li Rui saw that Jonathan Weber didn't even have a pen on him, so he knew that Jonathan Weber was probably still here because Fabian Delphi pulled him over, so he said with a smile, "Signed in Where? By the way, I don't have a pen here."

Fabian Delphi blushed, looked towards the sidelines, suddenly had an idea, said to Li Rui, 'Wait', ran to the sidelines, and borrowed money from the fans on the sidelines. A pen, ran back and handed it to Li Rui, with a carefree look, "Just sign it on the back of our jersey."

Hearing what Fabian Delphi said, Jonathan whispered, "Fabian, you idiot, we only have two sets of jerseys, be careful that Coach Jones punishes you."

"Shut up, do you still want to sign?"

Li Rui smiled and signed his name on the back of the two. He signed his name in Chinese, and the two guys took off their jerseys and saw the signature in Chinese characters. They were also very happy. They were very curious about this mysterious square character. At this time, Jonathan seemed to have forgotten his worries just now.

Then, Li Rui's eyes widened, listening to this kid named Fabian Delphi, saliva flying in front of him and talking about his admiration for him, which made Li Rui feel embarrassed, scratched Scratching your head, is yourself that good?I have to say that the art of flattery is regardless of skin color or national boundaries.

Jonathan Weber was also stunned, watching his partner chatting there, licking his lips, the admiration in his heart was beyond words, "They all said that Bian would R&P, it seems that it is so." '

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"Jonathan, Fabian, you two bastards, get back to training." At this time, not far away, Jones, the coach of the under-14 echelon, yelled loudly, and Li Rui saw that the two guys seemed to stop biting. Like a rabbit with its tail stuck, it quickly put on the jersey and ran back like flying. Fortunately, the two guys were still polite, and they knew how to say goodbye to Li Rui in a hurry.

Li Rui saw from a distance that after returning to the team, the two unlucky guys were reprimanded by the coach, and then they were punished to run laps on the sidelines. However, the two guys stood up straight From time to time, he would laugh and point to his signature on the back of the other party, with a happy look on his face, as if it was such a great medal.

Seeing this scene, Li Rui laughed loudly, and his heart was also very relaxed, as if he had seen his own childhood. Of course, Li Rui was in China, and when he was a child, he did not have such training conditions, and it was impossible to get in touch with any stars. However, this love for football is indeed a dream that every child once had.

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Li Rui had just changed in the locker room and was about to go to the club's lounge to rest for a while. At this time, the club's press officer Burton came over and called him, "Li, there are media from China who want to interview you."

Li Rui didn't want to be interviewed at first, but after listening to Mr. Burton, it was CCTV's interview, and the team leader was a Chinese man named Huang Jianxiang, so he had no choice but to agree. He was not arrogant enough to refuse the CCTV interview. To this point, the reason why he doesn't like to be interviewed is because he dislikes the reports of the Ministry of Media. If you want to come to CCTV, you won't talk nonsense.

This is the first time for Li Rui to meet Huang Jianxiang in person. His first impression of this CCTV celebrity came from the commentary of the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup qualifiers, China VS Indonesia at home. In that game, the Chinese team 0: 1 behind Indonesia, this is a score to be eliminated. Yang Chen persisted in the game despite the injury, and Huang Jianxiang's passionate commentary became the biggest highlight of that game. It also made Li Rui, who was only 16 years old at the time, very excited.

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"Hi everyone, I'm Li Rui, I've kept you waiting for a long time." Li Rui greeted politely.

Beside Huang Jianxiang is a delicate and handsome female reporter with ear-length short hair. This is Mu Yu, a CCTV female reporter who is in charge of interviewing billiards. In April, Ding Junhui defeated Joe Perry, who ranked 2004th in the world 2:6, and broke into the top 3 of the Wembley Masters. This made Chinese snooker fans very excited, and CCTV also increased its attention to snooker. Emphasis on strength, Mu Yu came to England for a resident interview later, because she knew England better, so she was temporarily seconded to assist in interviewing Li Rui.

Mu Yu saw that Li Rui's head was wet, and she didn't know much about football players, so she asked casually. Li Rui replied that he just finished training and took a shower in the locker room, so he rushed here.

Hearing what Li Rui said, Mu Yu said nothing. Her role was to coordinate the work between Huang Jianxiang and Leeds United. After all, she had been in England for almost half a year. Although she had never interviewed a football club, But she speaks good English and is more familiar with English habits.

Huang Jianxiang tasted something from it. Before he came to the interview, he had already learned that the first team of Leeds United had a holiday this morning and did not train. So, Li Rui must have come to the training ground for extra training. Here, this CCTV celebrity has a little more affection for Li Rui, a young man under 20 years old.

'Being famous at a young age doesn't get carried away. '

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This is a recording of a special program about Li Rui. Li Rui is not the only Chinese player playing in the Premier League. In Manchester City, there is Sun Jihai, the banner of Chinese overseas players. In Everton, there are Li Tie and Li Weifeng. However, Li Rui is in Leeds Li Rui's performance was really outstanding, but in stark contrast, domestic fans don't know much about Li Rui. They only know that he used to be a college student of Beijing Institute of Technology, and he seems to have played a game in the second division. League, and then joined Leeds United for free. Last season, he was loaned to Frankfurt in the Bundesliga and performed well to help Frankfurt avoid relegation. This season, he returned to Leeds United. These are just general understandings, and the specifics are not clear. Therefore, Only then will this trip to England happen.

Of course, this is just a conversation, and the specific post-production will be completed after returning to BJ.
Li Rui was a little nervous at first, but as the topic unfolded, the conversation gradually started. Huang Jianxiang was also quite talkative. The two of them were like friends, asking and answering each other. Come up and insert a few words, the nearly 50-minute interview passed unknowingly.

Of course, Li Rui is not a rookie who knows nothing. When he returned from the summer vacation, the old director Xin Yang reminded him that there are some things to say, and some things to pay attention to. Therefore, for myself from Beijing Institute of Technology Li Rui also skipped the process of coming to Leeds United, which surprised Huang Jianxiang, and he was already prepared. If this young man complains and criticizes the Football Association, he will go. When I went back to edit, I didn't expect that Li Rui didn't mention a word at all, so I couldn't help but secretly feel Li Rui's sophistication and cunning.

Huang Jianxiang misunderstood Li Rui, but Li Rui didn't think too much about it, but at that time, Xin Yang's words moved Li Rui, "One thing more is worse than one thing less, and we will never get in touch with each other!" '

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After the interview, Li Rui, as the host, invited the CCTV crew to visit and interview the team's training ground. Fortunately, the first team didn't have a training session this morning, so the club also expressed their gratitude to Li Rui for this invitation. Supporting and developing the Asian market, especially the Chinese market, has always been something that Leeds United’s new owner Stubbs has been considering. With this opportunity, the largest sports media in China will come to interview Li Rui, and the club will definitely open the door. Hope to increase the influence of the team in China.

Walking on the sidelines of the training ground, watching the training of the Leeds United youth echelon, Huang Jianxiang and Li Rui chatted while walking. At this time, the camera was not aimed at Li Rui, but was facing the training ground. The interview with Li Rui was over. Well, now, between Li Rui and Huang Jianxiang, it can be regarded as an ordinary chat.

Mu Yu also followed along, asking a question from time to time, but Huang Jianxiang always felt that this beautiful reporter seconded temporarily seemed to be hesitant to speak.

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After wandering around the training ground, restaurant and medical room, Mu Yu was about to leave. She pretended to mention unintentionally, "On the 8th, the national team will have a World Cup qualifier with Malaysia." Sai..." Like a parrot sticking out its tongue, Mu Yu shut up immediately after saying this, observing Li Rui's expression.

Huang Jianxiang was also taken aback. He didn't expect Mu Yu to bring up this question that everyone deliberately avoided. However, Huang Jianxiang didn't stop him. In his heart, he still wanted to know what this young man really thought, but he couldn't ask because of avoiding suspicion. up.

Regarding the question of whether Li Rui is selected for the national team, in fact, in China, the media has been hyping it up for a long time. Of course, Huang Jianxiang has his own news channel, and he knows that a leader has spoken. Don't even think about entering the national team. If you don't give me face, I won't make it easy for someone!

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It is said that Ali Han, the head coach of the national team, cheered after watching the video of Li Rui's game, and hugged his assistant coach from the Netherlands on the spot. It is no secret that the national football team is weak. Can he be unhappy with such an outstanding player who plays in the top league.

That night, Alihan’s report on recruiting Li Rui to enter the national football squad reached the desk of the relevant person in charge of ZUXIE. However, to Alihan’s surprise, the news came back immediately, and the relevant leaders disagreed with this player. The Dutch coach was very angry about this, and even slapped the table, claiming that he is the head coach and has the right to recruit any player. If he doesn't even have the right to choose a player, he would rather resign.

However, the next day, when faced with questions from the media, Alihan told the media with a smile on his face that the national team's offensive problem was not a problem at all. He didn't mention anything about Li Rui. People simply pretended to be stupid, and finally ended the press conference in a hurry, all because someone said to Ali Han, "Okay, you are awesome, resign, this is just right, according to the contract, I voluntarily resigned, I can’t get a dime of the rest of the salary.”

The Dutchman travels thousands of miles to coach, just to make money. Although the results are very important, the money he gets is the most fundamental thing. The results of the Chinese team?Hell, you don't care about it yourself, I don't care if I eat radish salty!
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Hearing Mu Yu mention this, Li Rui was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the other party would take the initiative to bring up this matter. However, Li Rui's reaction was also quick, "Unfortunately, England can't watch the live broadcast of this game."

After saying this, Li Rui turned his head and left. He didn't like this reporter named Mu Yu. He always wanted to get out of his mouth what seemed to be unintentional words.

Now, the atmosphere is awkward, and there is nothing to talk about. The CCTV crew left after a while. Li Rui's childishness and anger in his heart showed it on his face, and he stayed for dinner in the restaurant. No words were spoken.

Want a cliché?Eat it yourself!

Of course, aside from the last unpleasantness, the interview with Li Rui was relatively successful this time. Li Rui didn’t have any pretensions of a football star. The United's training ground and other places... The bad thing is that it was a bit embarrassing in the end.

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Sitting in the car, Huang Jianxiang hesitated for a while, and then said, "Mu Yu, there are some questions you shouldn't ask today."

Mu Yu pretended not to know what Huang Jianxiang was talking about, "This guy named Li Rui is very proud of becoming famous at a young age. He plays big names without answering questions. How can such a player be the subject of a major report?"

There was silence in the car, no one spoke. Huang Jianxiang took a deep breath and calmed down. He suddenly had a feeling of absurdity. Whether he could meet the fans as scheduled for today's interview was still a problem.

At the airport, a staff member of the film crew bought a lot of thick stacks of newspapers at the newspaper kiosk in the airport terminal. Someone asked this colleague, who bought these British newspapers, and who to show them to? The answer was that it was a souvenir.

In English newspapers on Monday, no matter what kind of newspaper, football always occupies most of the pages. The heart-stirring 4:4 match between Leeds United and Arsenal has become the focus of media attention. For Li Rui, the media is even more concerned. It was overwhelmingly well received. Although, everyone knows that the foreign media are the same as the domestic ones. If you play well, you will be blown to the sky. If you play badly, you will be thrown into the [-]th level of hell immediately.

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"Scored two goals in three consecutive rounds and 6 goals. In the scorer list, he has surpassed Chelsea's Didier Drogba and climbed to the top of the scorer list. He scored directly from free kicks and ran long distances. Grabbing a spot shot, this The Chinese player surprised everyone, and there is no doubt that Eddie Gray is lucky to have picked up the treasure."

Turning to the pages of the Premier League standings and scorer list, Leeds United has 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 7 points, ranking fourth in the league. Li Rui leads the scorer list with 4 goals. This is, this 6-year-old The young man who arrived, in his debut season at Leeds United, has performed so far.

"How many more goals can he score?" was the heavy front-page headline of The Times, a big question mark.

Of course, not all media are good-sounding. At any time, there are black people. Now, Steve King, the columnist of "Daily Mirror", is Li Ruihei. He thinks that when Li Ruihei Rui's technical characteristics are gradually becoming familiar to people, and after the head coaches of other Premier League teams have paid attention to it, this Chinese kid will no longer be famous, and he asserts that this season, Li Rui can guarantee the number of goals to be in the double position. It is a miracle to count more than...

Regarding the remarks made by Steve King of the "Daily Mirror", as a local media in Leeds, the "Yorkshire Post" immediately refuted, and took Li Rui's match against Arsenal, and Alan Smith Take the tacit cooperation as an example, very optimistic publicity, the striker combination of Li Rui and Alan Smith will set off round after round of storms in the Premier League this season, and once again shouted with a clear banner that Leeds United will enter the Premier League this season. The slogan of Europe...

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On the third day after returning to BJ, the film crew was notified that the interview program about Li Rui was suspended. When will it be broadcast?Waiting for confirmation.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Soon, the crew members heard about the general situation. It is said that when they learned that CCTV was going to broadcast a special program about Li Rui on "Football Night", the relevant leaders of ZUXIE were furious and directly called Come over, "When the World Cup qualifiers between the national team and Malaysia are about to start, what is the point of not focusing on the national team? How can there be such an approach without a big picture? At this time, we must focus on In terms of positive reporting..."

The staff member who bought the newspaper at the airport sighed when he heard the news. He opened the newspaper and saw the headline in The Times, "How many more goals can he score?"...The background is After Li Rui scored a goal, he jumped to the assisting Albertini to celebrate.

The staff member couldn't help laughing at himself, this is not considered a positive person, what is it? TNND! ! !

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PS: Well, all the characters and plots in this chapter are purely fictional, and any similarities are purely coincidental.This chapter, was hard to write, really.

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