God of Green

Chacheng County is not far from the provincial capital, only more than 200 kilometers away, but if you want to see the "Sports Weekly", you usually go there in the afternoon.

But the "Sports Weekly" on February 18, 2008 was delivered to Chacheng County very early. Before 12 o'clock in the morning, almost all the newsstands, bookstores, and units and individuals who subscribe to newspapers in the county had received the latest issue of "Sports Weekly" today.

This is naturally because of the special arrangement of the newspaper, which allowed the distribution station to deliver to Chacheng County first among more than ten districts and counties in Hongzun City.

Ma Liang is a football fan. He usually likes to read sports news and watch football games at home.

There are even times when he goes to other places to watch live football games.

Of course, after watching the game, he will inevitably be scolded by his wife when he returns home.

He is also the owner of the postal newsstand in front of the Chacheng County People's Hospital. The store mainly sells books, magazines, newspapers, cigarettes, and rents novels. There is also an electric oven outside to sell grilled sausages.

His newsstand is located at the entrance of the county hospital, with a large flow of people and a good location. His business is better than most other newsstands in the county.

Other newsstands dare not take more sports newspapers such as "Sports Weekly" and "Football News" for fear that they will not be able to sell them all.

Only here can 10 copies of each issue be sold out, and there are rarely any left.

At 11 o'clock, Xiao Zhao, a newspaper distributor from the post office, delivered a batch of newspapers and magazines. When handing them to Ma Liang, he said: "Today's "Sports Weekly" has big news. You have been sent 20 copies. If you can't sell them all, you can return them. If you can't sell them enough, call me to send more."

Ma Liang was confused and said: "What?"

Xiao Zhao waved his hand and said: "You will know when you read it."

Then, he drove away in a hurry on the tricycle delivering newspapers.

Delivering newspapers requires timeliness and speed. Xiao Zhao has no time to chat with Ma Liang.

Ma Liang was stunned for a while, then he took the first-base newspaper in his hand into the newsstand, put it on the table in the booth, and started looking for the "Sports Weekly".

"Sports Weekly" is usually delivered in the afternoon, why did it arrive this morning?

Moreover, Xiao Zhao specially reminded him that there was big news in today's "Sports Weekly" and sent him 20 copies. How could he sell them all?

In this small mountainous county, there are not many people interested in sports and football.

If it weren't for the advantage of the large flow of people at the entrance of the hospital, he might not be able to sell all 10 copies of each issue.

However, with Xiao Zhao's reminder, he wanted to see what big news this issue of "Sports Weekly" had.

When he turned to the newspaper and saw the text and photos on the front page, he understood why today's "Sports Weekly" came so early.

Because the person in the newspaper was from Chacheng County, it was probably the newspaper distribution station's special care that gave priority to sending the newspaper to Chacheng County.

The entire front page of the newspaper was a large photo, and there was only one person in the photo, that was Jiang Xiaolin, who was running wildly to celebrate.

The caption of the photo reads: "Jiang Xiaolin scored a penalty kick in his Eredivisie debut and scored the first goal of a Chinese player in the Eredivisie."

Ma Liang had read the previous issues of the newspaper, so he naturally knew who Jiang Xiaolin was, and also knew that he was transferred to the Alkmaar first team by Van Gaal last week.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaolin made his Eredivisie debut so quickly and scored a goal, becoming the first Chinese player to score in the Eredivisie.

The key is that Jiang Xiaolin is from Chacheng, and he is from the same county as him.

This is too attractive.

It is indeed big news.

Ma Liang was refreshed, and quickly took out all the "Sports Weekly" and put them on the stall, then took a copy for himself, turned to the second page and read it energetically.

The detailed report on Jiang Xiaolin's Eredivisie match yesterday is all on the second page.

As a result, before Ma Liang had read a few lines, a customer came and asked, "Boss, what new newspapers are there?"

Ma Liang said, "We have both provincial and non-provincial ones. But, brother, do you watch football? A young man from our Chacheng County scored a goal in the top European league, the Eredivisie, yesterday, becoming the first Chinese player to score in the Eredivisie. That's awesome."

The customer was surprised and said, "I know about football, but I don't watch it much. But you said that a player from our county played in Europe and was in the news?"

Ma Liang turned the newspaper in his hand to the first page and showed it to the other party, saying, "It's not just in the news. This is one of the largest sports newspapers in the country. It's the front page of Sports Weekly."

The man took a look and pointed to the photo and asked, "Is this Jiang Xiaolin from our Chacheng County?"

Ma Liang nodded and said, "It's real. He was in the first grade of Chacheng Middle School last year and went abroad in the second half of last year!"

This customerThe guest was immediately interested and said cheerfully: "Then give me a copy to support the players in our county."

"Oh, OK!" Ma Liang was immediately refreshed, and took a copy of "Sports Weekly" to the other party with great spirits, collected the money, gave the change, and then asked the other party to go slowly.

Then, Ma Liang sat down to read the newspaper again, feeling very happy.

I saw the reporter wrote in the report that Jiang Xiaolin did not play until the 92nd minute of stoppage time, but he was ordered to take the crucial penalty as soon as he came on the court.

And Jiang Xiaolin lived up to expectations and kicked the ball into the dead corner in one fell swoop, completing the first goal of a Chinese player in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Ma Liang shouted "good" after seeing it, and even scared the passers-by outside.

But Ma Liang didn't care so much, he felt very excited, honored, and proud.

Later, when someone bought a newspaper, he strongly recommended this "Sports Weekly" to the other party, because it had news about Jiang Xiaolin, a fellow villager from the same county.

The effect was also very good.

Before the afternoon, the 20 copies of this issue of Sports Weekly were sold out.

But the next issue of Sports Weekly will not be released until Wednesday.

Therefore, Ma Liang called the post office and asked for 40 copies.

Not afraid of not being able to sell out, Ma Liang expected that even after Wednesday, someone would definitely come to collect the Monday issue of Sports Weekly.

Jiang Xiaolin is a local after all, and his relatives, neighbors, and classmates must be interested in this issue of the newspaper.

There are also other fans and non-fans, and there must be many people who buy it.

Ma Liang is fully confident that these 40 new copies of Sports Weekly will not be a waste of money in his hands, and they will definitely be sold out.

In addition to Chacheng County, this issue of Sports Weekly is also selling well in Hongzun City and Qianzhou Province.

Because Jiang Xiaolin is a native of Chacheng County, Hongzun City, and Qianzhou Province.

This issue of Sports Weekly is really popular in Chacheng County, with sales several times higher than the previous issue. Even in Qianzhou Province, sales have increased by several percent.

Hotly discussed throughout the province.

Many fans in Qianzhou Province have already known that a rookie player in the province made his debut in the Eredivisie and scored a goal.