Chapter 600 Volume 5 Red Draft? No Thanks

"Three months ago, Tony Twain and his team brought a feast of joy to the fans of Nottingham. Three months later, Nottingham Forest returned with great honor, and their heartfelt fans waited at the city stadium to cheer for the fans. The returning team held a small welcome party. The rise of Tony Twain and his Forest team was like a myth. From the lowest point to the peak, they only took four short years. Today's Nottingham Forest has become a strong contender for the Premier League title in the new season. Many people hate Tony Twain, but they can't ignore his existence. This has become a reason to hate him even more... On the "Today's Match" on the weekend night, we It will focus on analyzing the reasons for the success of this team for you."

After winning the Champions League, the Railway Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in a row, Nottingham Forest has become popular throughout the European continent.

BBC TV made a small feature for the Forest team to win the Super Cup. They invited three famous football players to analyze the reasons for the rapid rise of the Forest team for the audience. Of course, to analyze this, one key figure-Tony Twain cannot be avoided.

Even now, four years later, something about him is still a mystery. For example, why after being knocked down by his own players on the sidelines, his temperament changed drastically, and then he seemed to have opened up all of a sudden, showing amazing talents and abilities, leading Nottingham Forest to complete the great rise in four years.

Of course, these celebrities would not say that it was because Twain had traveled through time and had information that was three and a half years ahead of the time. At most, they would analyze Twain's talent and ability. No one would have thought that such things as time travel and soul possession really happened in this world.

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While BBC TV was analyzing Tang En's secret of success, Tang En was having a "date" with Tang Jing. In fact, it was a date with three people, besides the two of them and Tang.

Tang Jing proposed to invite the two of them to dinner after the team's game against Fulham.

Tang En felt very strange when he heard this invitation. He and Tang Jing had nothing to do with each other except for some contacts in work. If Tang Jing invited Tang to a candlelight dinner, Tang En would not be surprised at all. There were many excuses for the two of them to eat together, and being Chinese was just one of them. But Tang Jing wanted to invite Tang En by name, but Tang was more like a foil.

Tang En didn't forget to verbally tease this beautiful reporter at the time: "Why, Reporter Tang Da is interested in me, and plans to date me and fall in love together?"

Of course, after being in contact with Tang En for a long time, Tang Jing has long been able to resist his lip service. The beauty retorted: "Does Coach Tang En have sex with every lady who eats together?"

Tang En made fun of himself, but in the end he agreed to Tang Jing's invitation. He wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in this woman's gourd. When he teased Tang Jing like this before, Tang Jing turned around and left angrily, but this time, Tang En was also curious about her appearance that she was bound to win.

Now, at the dinner, after Tang En heard the reason for Tang Jing's treat, he regretted that he came to have a meal.

His face was pulled down.

"Miss Tang Jing, I don't think I can agree to your request."

"Why? I think this is a good thing for the forest team, and you don't need to do anything too difficult..." Tang Jing's eyes widened. In fact, she was already prepared to face difficulties in her heart. , this expression is somewhat faked.

Tang, who was sitting between the two, buried his head in his meal, as if the topic they were discussing had nothing to do with him.

Here's the thing.

Three people came to this restaurant as scheduled and had dinner together. Tang Jing first congratulated Tang En for winning the second important championship trophy in a row, as well as his five consecutive victories after the start of the Premier League, topping the list. Tang En happily accepted Tang Jing's compliment, and did not embarrass him verbally.

For a while, the host and guest talked happily and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Next, Tang Jing revealed the real purpose of inviting Tang En to dinner. The more Tang En listened, the smile on his face became less and less, and in the end it became like this - with a straight face and a cold tone of refusal.

It turned out that Tang Jing invited Tang En to dinner this time because she was entrusted by others, hoping to discuss cooperation intentions with the Forest team.

The newspaper she worked for and a TV station in Hunan, China planned a large-scale talent show in China. Of course, it was not a "beauty pageant" program like Super Girls and Fast Boys, but a selection contest to find the legendary "football genius" in mainland China. However, all kinds of "drafts" are very popular in China now. Taking advantage of this shareholder style, this selection competition is also named "drafts", and a very vulgar term is used: "sea elections".

As soon as Tang En heard the beginning of this plan, he had no interest in this matter. Tang Jing didn't know why Tang En reacted so strongly.

Tang knew more or less, but now he chose to keep silent and not get involved in the grievances between the two.

Tang En came here through time travel, so he was a complete Chinese before. Since he is Chinese, he has a deep impression of various talent shows that have been popular in China in recent years, and this impression is definitely not a good one. Even if the talent show itself is good, it has lost its reputation as various TV stations in China follow suit and produce all kinds of boring talent show activities. In particular, in order to expand the influence of their own talent show, some media do not hesitate to let their judges quarrel with each other during the recording of the show, and after they come down, they attack each other personally, you scold me and I scold you; let the contestants play hypocrisy, innocent, play Love... Play all kinds of love affairs that can be played, and create all kinds of so-called "gimmicks" to attract the audience's attention.

With all these messy things, and the fact that most of the people selected through the selection process are not very good, it is really difficult for the public to have a good impression of them. When Tang En was in China, he was such an ordinary person who didn't like talent shows and avoided them.

Now that he heard about the messy draft, he couldn't wait to shake his head before he even heard Tang Jing's introduction.

"Miss Tang Jing, I never thought that any real talent could be selected by a 'draft' like a show."

"I think you are too extreme, Mr. Tang En. With so many young football players in China, there must be one or two geniuses who have the ability to gain a foothold in the European league, right? Our draft is just a shell to cater to the public, and there is nothing wrong with the core content—— Football is at the core."

Tang En shrugged: "This is exactly the reason why I object. I never think that football has any future in China..."

"This is a private draft and has nothing to do with the Football Association!"

"Really? Look at the material you gave me. What does it say? 'Co-organized by the Youth Division of the Chinese Football Association', has nothing to do with the Football Association?" Tang En scoffed at Tang Jing's statement.

"They're just putting on a name, you know, Mr. Tang En. China's national conditions are that these activities must give the officials a face, do you understand face?"

"Of course I understand, Ms. Tang Jing. I am a China hand. Back to the show itself, I think the draft itself is good, but after you get it in China, the media will turn sour. There are similar shows in the UK. Nottingham Forest Club will hold various trials on a regular basis to find good seedlings. But... To be honest, I don’t think you hold this kind of draft at all. You plan to hire a woman who is so ugly that you will put a big red on her head Hua, are you looking for players in an S shape? 'This one won't work, it's too ugly! There's no typhoon!'" Tang En said imitating Yang Erche Namu.

"Mr. Twain. This is a football draft, not a singer selection. We don't invite anyone from the entertainment industry. We invite professional football judges. If you agree to participate in this plan, then we will ask the Forest team Send out a formal invitation, and you will send a coach to be the judge of the whole process." Speaking of this, Tang Jing glanced at Tang who was still buried in his meal. "Most of the judges are from British clubs, and there is only one Chinese coach as the coordinator. The professionalism, authority and fairness are absolutely unmatched by other talent shows."

Tang En glanced over, his face still had a cold expression.

"I still disagree." There was no room for negotiation in his tone. "Honestly, I hate the messy draft you guys made, so I don't plan to let myself mess up and do things that I hate."

If it was because of Tang En's personal preference that they couldn't cooperate, Tang Jing had no choice. Because if it's a matter of interests, then you can sit down and talk, it's just a bargain. But if it becomes a very idealistic issue such as personal hobbies, then there is no way to talk about it. It is very difficult to change a person's obsession, especially if this person is notoriously paranoid.

Even so, Tang Jing still had to make one last effort.

"You said you hate the draft, Mr. Dunn... Isn't there a similar draft in the UK? Isn't the famous 'Britains_Got_Talent' (Britains_Got_Talent) very popular in the UK? As far as I know, there are quite a few of your clubs People also watch that show. Didn’t the fat genius Paul Potts that came out a while ago become popular all over the world and touched countless people?”

Tang En paused for a moment. He did watch this talent show, and was indeed moved by the story of Paul Potts. But...that's a talent show in the UK, and it's much better than the talent shows that are swarming up in China now, no matter in terms of sophistication or experience. What is "both applause and seats"? This show is a living example. China's talent shows obviously still have a long way to go, but it is a pity that due to the rapid popularity of the second "Super Girl", there are countless talent shows in China. When those media decided to show these programs, how many of them carefully divided the market audience, carefully arranged the direction of the program, carefully selected the right judges, and strictly checked the quality of the program? Almost none, to use the words of the paranoid Dunn, that is "none."

Whether it is "America's Got Talent" or "Britain's Got Talent", the purpose of the talent show should be "a stage for small people and ordinary people to realize their dreams". But in China, it is more like a "farce" that makes people laugh and cry. Is it "a stage for small people and ordinary people to realize their dreams", or "Vanity Fair for dying stars"?

Because of all these things, Tang En hated all domestic talent shows. Now Tang Jing wants his team to cooperate with a Chinese TV station in this kind of boring talent show, how could he agree? Even if this is a football draft that is completely different from those star drafts in the past, in the eyes of the paranoid Twain, they are all the same. In the minds of the Chinese public, perhaps there are two circles that can be regarded as "notorious", one is the entertainment industry, and the other is Chinese football.

"Miss Tang Jing, I think the most important point is not whether this is a draft, but that this is a football draft held in China. To be honest, I have no interest in this kind of thing, and neither will my team. Participate in this plan. You said earlier that there are other Premier League clubs that have received invitations. You can go and talk to their people. I believe there are not a few Premier League clubs that are interested in developing the Asian market. But I really have no interest." Tang En A final decision was made on this matter. "I'm really sorry to disappoint you. I fully understand your desire to find Nottingham Forest. Yinwi here has a player from China, an assistant coach from China, and a head coach who respects Chinese culture very much." Tang En pointed out Pointing to Tang, then pointing to himself, "However, the draft has nothing to do with Chinese culture."

The dinner broke up like this.

When Tang Jing left, she still politely told Tang En that if he changed his mind, he could call her. Tang En was noncommittal.

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On the way home from the restaurant, Tang was still a little surprised by Tang En's straightforward rejection: "I thought you would be vague, that is, you didn't explicitly refuse or agree."

"Why should I be vague?" Dunn asked bluntly.

"Well...Actually, I don't think this draft is as bad as you imagined." Tang finally expressed his opinion.

Tang En smiled, with a hint of disdain in his smile: "Tang, you don't understand. You haven't stayed in China as long as I have. I know very, very well what those talent shows run by the Chinese media are all about."

Tang did not express any objection, he calmly accepted Tang En's evaluation of him: "Yes, I haven't stayed in China for as long as you, and I don't know much about drafting in China. But I think, because of this , I won’t be preconceived.”

Tang En was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Are you mocking me for looking at things through colored glasses?"

Don said nothing, but his attitude said "that's what I meant."

After a moment of silence, Tang En sighed: "Okay, Tang. I can feel that you are moving away from me. You and Tang Jing have been together for too long... But this is your freedom, and I have nothing to do with it."

"You think too much, Tony. I just think sometimes your paranoia should be put aside for a while, not everything is what you think it is."

In fact, Tang En admitted in his heart that what Tang said was right, he was just paranoid and extreme, and he also knew that his views on some issues were actually not correct and were influenced by too many subjective emotions. No way, geniuses are paranoid. But due to the problem of face, he will not admit that he was wrong.

"Forget it, you decide anyway. I'm just giving my opinion. Don't take it personally, Tony."

"Since you don't agree with me, why didn't you say it during the meal?" Tang En didn't want to let this topic go, he asked. It turned out he was making fun of himself.

"If I said that at that time, you would feel very shameless, Tony."

Tang En was speechless again, Tang was right. He is actually a very face-saving person. Tang Zheng chose to remain silent because he knew this.

"Okay, thank you, Don." After a while, Tang En murmured.

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Now that Tang En has made the final decision on this matter, he will not go to Tang Jing again. It's also about saving face. He later learned from Tang Zui that Tang Jing went to several other Premier League clubs. There are two companies that are interested in the Chinese market and finally agreed to cooperate, one is Everton and the other is Bolton. None of the teams are too strong. It seems that the big clubs are not interested in this matter.

Everton is expected. The relationship between this club and China has always been relatively close. They have introduced two Chinese players, and the jersey sponsor used to be a Chinese company "Kejian". For the first time, Chinese characters appeared on the chest of European team jerseys.

How much do these two clubs really value the possibility of selecting a football talent? I'm afraid it is more aimed at the market behind it. But... what football market is there in China? Tang En thought disdainfully in his heart. When he was in China, he was used to buying pirated jerseys and souvenirs. Ninety-nine percent of the people around him were like this. Before he crossed over, Manchester United opened a "Manchester United Restaurant" in Chengdu. When it opened, the famous Manchester United star Bobby Charlton came to support him, but I don't know what happened afterwards... The consumption level there is too high. High, most fans can't afford it.

Tang Jing was very busy during this period, and basically never appeared in front of Tang En. Tang En learned from some of Tang's few words that Tang Jing was very confident in promoting the Forest team to cooperate with them. , this show is definitely popular.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, Tang En refused without any room for negotiation.

This frustrates her.

Originally, Everton and Charlton were supposed to be the foil for the Forest team, but now they have become the protagonists. In fact, Tang Jing must also be very helpless.

But Tang En didn't take this matter to heart, he didn't care what Tang Jing thought.

He also has a lot of things to do, such as the game against Reading and the draw for the Champions League group stage.

At this time, Alan Adams found him.

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PS, the "football draft" mentioned in this chapter is based on real events as the background, and then free play. However, in order to match the development of the plot, the start time of this matter was changed from the beginning of July to the beginning of September. In addition, everyone can have their own opinions on whether this draft is good or bad, and they are free to express their opinions. Tang En, as one of the characters, has his own different views just like Tang and Tang Jing, and these views are the driving force behind the development of the storyline. Because if everyone has exactly the same views on a matter, the conflict on this matter will be lost, and conflict is an indispensable thing for the development of the plot of the novel.

Finally, as an author, I also have my own opinions. But I do not have the right to freely express this opinion, because what I write is a novel, not an argumentative essay. Therefore, all comments on the topic of the draft in this article do not represent my true views. I hope everyone reads rationally and correctly distinguishes the values ​​of the characters in the novel from the author's own values.

This suggestion applies to all novels and plots I have written.