Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty Seventh Reckless Newcomer

After the first round of the Premier League, the number of reporters in front of Manchester City's training base surged. Many reporters all hoped to shoot Manchester City's training to do some reports such as "Manchester City is well prepared" and "Manchester City's training is rigorous and serious".

Of course, it's better to be able to interview one or two players, then the coverage will be much richer.

But the next two days were normal training days. The reporters outside the door could not enter the interior to shoot at all, so they could only squat in front of the door and wait for the opportunity.

The vast majority of journalists found nothing.

There are lucky reporters who can say a word or two when players arrive and leave sooner or later, which is already a pretty good result.

On the third day it was different.

There were dozens of reporters in front of the door, and they were generally excited and kept talking with each other.

Wu Haibo is also one of them.

In the past two days, he has been working hard to do interviews, but he has run around to no avail. Today is the same as before. He came to the training base early, but saw that many colleagues came earlier than him.

Wu Haibo felt a little puzzled, so he asked other Chinese colleagues.

"What happened today? So early?"

"Don't you know? Today is Manchester City's public training day!"

"Can I go in for an interview? Can I do on-site filming? Can I interview Wansheng?" Wu Haibo was also a little excited when he heard what his colleagues said, and asked a few words in a row.

The person being asked was a little impatient, glanced at him, and said, "Are you new? A newcomer? You still want to interview Wansheng, stop joking!"

"Is Wansheng someone you can interview?"

"Don't say it's you, even the "Sun", "Guardian", "Manchester Sports News", and even Germany's "Kicker", these big media reporters can't interview Wansheng, we people don't Think about it!"

"Yeah. Stop dreaming! Certainly neither of us!"

"I've been here for two weeks, and I just said a word to Wan Sheng."

"It's hard to even meet once. Even if the training is open, you can only do simple shooting on the periphery!"

"I won't let you in to shoot!"

"You give up!"

Many people around saw that there were newcomers asking questions, and they immediately sneered. This is their personal experience. At the Manchester City training base, there are many people who want to interview Wansheng, but there are only a handful of them that can be interviewed. It is really difficult to do interviews by chance.

Wu Haibo listened in a daze.

There was still an old reporter who came over and explained to him, "Although it is public training. But we do interviews. You can only shoot outside the stadium, you can't walk in, you can only stand with the fans at most. You want to go in and shoot. It is impossible, and it is impossible to interview Wansheng, he will not be interviewed."

"But I can understand it when I think about it. After all, there are too many people interviewed. It is impossible for him to accept them all, so he simply refuses to accept them all. If you can interview Sun Jihai and Wang Xiaolei, you will be thankful if you have a word with them. Interview Wan Sheng, don't even think about it."

After listening to the old reporter's explanation, Wu Haibo also knew about it. That is to say, the only thing he can do is to shoot from a distance outside the stadium. It is impossible for him to enter, and if he wants to interview players, he has to rely on luck.

Only then did he know that the rumors in the domestic media industry were true, and it was an almost impossible job to interview Wansheng.

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Today is a weekly open training, and Wansheng also arranges it according to the normal training plan.

The first round of the Premier League is over, and the season has officially started. In the first two days, the entire team has done recovery training to ensure the state of the players on the field. So far, specific players have been asked to do personal training, and others have done some small routines. of familiarity.

The content of the training is not complicated. Generally speaking, it is to let the players adapt to the cooperation, let the new players understand some of the team's play routines, let the old players get familiar with them, and deepen the understanding and cooperation between players.

There is not much to say about the training process. Basically, players stand in their positions and conduct tactical coordination drills again and again.

This kind of training can be completed with Diamares and Bergkamp leading the team.

Wan Sheng was sitting in the office, continuing to study other tactical coordination routines, and then doing some work such as training plans. During the morning, he did not show up at the training ground at all.

In the afternoon, Wan Sheng appeared on the training ground, but only communicated with a few assistant coaches. After that, he disappeared again. Only the players worked hard on the training ground, Diamares, Bergkamp and others. Guidance and nothing else.

As the media reporters who came to interview, they were arranged in fixed areas on the east and south sides of the training ground, and they could only shoot around here.

Recently, there were only players who ran by, and they were able to take a few photos at close range. As for the tactical training on the field, because the distance was too far, they could only take a few figures, and they could not zoom in on the picture to connect who it was. Can't recognize it.

Soon the day passed.

It was not until the end of the training that Wan Sheng appeared on the training ground. He asked the players of the entire team to gather, and then summed up today's training, and then announced his disbandment.

All the coaches and players have left, and club staff have begun to ask fans and the media to leave.

Many media reporters were quite disappointed, because they didn't photograph anything of value at all, and Wu Haibo was the same. All day, he only photographed a picture of Sun Jihai smiling, which was meaningless at all.

"It looks like it's white again!" Some colleagues sighed, and the discussions dispersed.

Wu Haibo also left with him.

This day's work made him feel the "big name" of Wansheng.

In the past, Wu Haibo only thought that Wan Sheng was a celebrity. Even though his colleagues said it was difficult to interview Wan Sheng, he always thought that everyone is a compatriot, so it wouldn't be so difficult to interview him, right?

But in three days, he didn't gain anything at all.

There will always be dozens of people, sometimes hundreds of people, who come to interview media reporters. Don't talk about doing an exclusive interview. It's impossible to say a word to Wan Sheng. He can't even get in the gate of the Manchester City training base. It’s hard to get in, and I can only shoot on the periphery, which doesn’t make much sense at all.

But Wu Haibo was not reconciled.

His original work assignment was taken. He can only come to the UK with resignation. If the current job cannot be completed, then the bonus at the end of the year will definitely be reduced. His salary is not much, and he has to live frugally to support his family. Pay less. How will you tell your family then?

This is a matter of livelihood, and it cannot be given up so easily.

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After the Manchester City team disbanded, many reporters left directly.

Wu Haibo did not leave. He returned to the front of the training base, thinking about waiting for someone to come out to see if there was a chance to interview.

There were also other Chinese reporters beside him, and they saw that he was slow to leave. Shaking his head to persuade. "It's useless, we have already tried this trick, Wansheng and those players will hardly stop."

"Yeah, Wan Sheng occasionally comes out, but he never gives interviews."

"It's no use standing here."

Wu Haibo just shook his head, he just wanted to try.

Others don't like it at all.

This is not the first time these reporters have come to Manchester City to do interviews. They also want to interview Wansheng and have tried many methods. But it never succeeded at all.

Some media have also tried to send beautiful female reporters to play a "beauty trick". But the result was almost the same, Wan Sheng also turned a blind eye to the female reporter.

In the end, they were unable to interview them by various methods, so they all gave up, so they came up with a saying, "It's completely impossible to interview Wansheng."

Wu Haibo was not persuaded by everyone. He still stayed in front of the gate of the training base and waited. Some colleagues watched him stay and knew what he was going to do, so they happily waited to watch the excitement.

After more than an hour, a figure came out of the gate of the training base.

If you look closely, it is Wansheng.

After the team disbanded, Wan Sheng went back to the office and worked for nearly an hour, only to pack up and leave after seeing that it was dinner time.

As usual, Wan Sheng walked to the gate of the training base, greeted the security guard at the gate, glanced at the media reporters over there, and was about to walk away.

Just then, a figure came over.

Wan Sheng glanced at it, it was a Chinese reporter, and he said impatiently, "Sorry, this is private time, I don't accept interviews." After speaking, he walked away.

But before leaving, he looked at the man one more time.

The reporter in front of him is different from the others. His hair is messy, his beard is a little long, obviously he hasn't shaved for a few days, his face is haggard, his eyes are bloodshot, and he is wearing a sloppy blue T-shirt and white jeans. Look at the style and appearance to know that it is old.

He held a pen and paper in his hand, a camera on his back, a single-shoulder backpack in his hand, and a small suitcase dragged under his feet.

This dress is really awkward.

If it is placed in some rural places, such people are not uncommon, but in the international metropolis of Manchester, such a dress is very surprising.

Wan Sheng wondered, is this guy really an expatriate reporter from China?

As an expatriate reporter, why is it 'going abroad' for interviews? Even if it is for work, anyone who can go abroad should have good ability. How can this guy look like this?

But Wansheng didn't care anymore.

No matter what the other party looks like, it doesn't matter to him. He is just a domestic reporter. He has seen too many. He doesn't want his private life to be disturbed by reporters.

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After Wan Sheng left, Wu Haibo had no choice. He couldn't follow up and pester him for interviews. That would be illegal in the UK.

So he had to walk back.

Those who were watching the lively colleagues suddenly had a topic, "Look at that guy, sure enough, he was rejected!"

"We've tried many times, but it doesn't work!"

"It's said that the Chinese person doesn't accept interviews, so it's useless to do anything!"

"How interesting! There is such a reckless newcomer!"

"..."

Hearing these words, Wu Haibo could only hold back no matter how unwilling he was, but unlike what others thought, he was not disheartened, on the contrary, he strengthened his belief.

A setback does not matter, the job of a reporter is not just to go up and interview.

Those paparazzi can stare 24/7 just to get valuable pictures. He's messed up like this, what else does he care about? The big deal is to stare 24 hours a day, there will always be a chance!

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Wan Sheng didn't know that he was being targeted by a persistent little reporter. Maybe he knew that he didn't care. After all, there were so many people who came to interview. If he cared, he wouldn't have to do other things.

Two days later, the Premier League ushered in the second round, Manchester City's opponent is Arsenal.

In the summer, the most concerned transfer appeared in Arsenal, but it was not imported but sold. 'Henry the Great' was dealt with by Arsenal for 16 million pounds 'cheap' to Barcelona. Except the French insisted on leaving, maybe There's another factor Arsene Wenger hasn't mentioned: He believes Henry, 30, is showing signs of decline (last season, Henry's injuries increased, with just 22 appearances and 10 goals).

However, no matter what the reason is, Henry's departure is a huge loss for Arsenal. In the past five years, French stars have contributed 20 to 30 goals to Arsenal every year. It is not easy to fill this vacancy. The departure of the core will inevitably have an impact on teammates.

The few other players who left the team did little to detract from Arsenal's strength.

Reyes went out on loan last year and has long been a "non-staff" player. Ljungberg's move to Manchester City is more "symbolic" (a group of people in the 2003-04 unbeaten season basically disappeared) rather than a substantive impact, because he At Arsenal, his performance has always been mediocre, and even if he stays in the team, he can only be a substitute; Ariadiere is a fringe player who only excels in cup competitions, while Lupoli, Mamba, Pum and others are in one The team couldn't play at all.

It can be said that in addition to Henry, Arsenal has cleaned up a group of substitutes and marginal people. However, due to the lack of the introduction of the same position, the media generally believe that the thickness of Arsenal's lineup has decreased.

Among the players introduced, the young Polish goalkeeper Fabianski and the Norwegian defender Nordwitt are the future reserves, and it is difficult to do anything in the short term; Sagna has increased the thickness of the defensive line and liberated Ebrahimovic. The midfielder offers the possibility and is a deal that kills multiple birds with one stone; the biggest unknown is Da Silva, if he can play as Wenger expected and score about 10 goals, it will greatly reduce the loss of Henry leaving .

Overall, it is widely believed that Arsenal have suffered some losses compared to last season.

In the first round, although Arsenal defeated Fulham the farmer 2-1, the performance of the whole team was average. Now that they have met Manchester City, the media are more optimistic about Manchester City.

As expected by the media.

From the first minute of the game, Manchester City's strong display suppressed Arsenal, and then relied on Ivan Crewe's free kick to score, Manchester City took a one-goal lead.

In the second half, Arsenal strengthened their defense, but Manchester City still used a wave of counterattacks to play a fast pace. Darren Bent found an opportunity in front of the goal and scored another goal to help Manchester City widen the gap.

The final score was also 2:0.

Manchester City once again secured a victory. (To be continued ~^~)