The phone immediately came with Ted Arroyo's proud London accent: "Hello, Mr. Gu Ran, what do you think about the matter I mentioned to you this morning?"

Gu Ran deliberately said: "I'm sorry, I've received too many calls recently. Please introduce yourself again and what you want to talk to me about."

Teddle smiled dumbly, "Haha, Mr. Gu Ran, you forgot so quickly? I'm Teddle Arroyo, the head of the sports department of Westminster School. I called you because I want you not to participate in the national finals. If you really want to participate, you can. As long as you play passively, we won't treat you unfairly."

Gu Ran smiled coldly and said in a deep voice: "What you call a passive match, to put it bluntly, is it that you want me to play a fake match?"

Taidel smiled and said, "Mr. Gu Ran, please don't say such harsh words. The national competition is just an amateur competition. Since it is an amateur competition, don't take it so seriously."

Gu Ran said coldly: "You are doing this so blatantly, aren't you afraid that the English Football Association will track you down?"

Taidel laughed and said, "Mr. Gu Ran, you are still too young, and you take the amateur victory too seriously. We are a world-class school. We don't really care about amateur competitions, but we want this honor. With this honor, it is icing on the cake for our school. We have won many national championships. We are the face of British secondary schools. Even if the English Football Association knows about it, they won't do anything to us."

How arrogant! How shameless! Gu Ran took a deep breath and tried to suppress the anger in his heart, "Go on."

Teddle became more and more excited as he spoke. "Mr. Gu Ran, we know your strength. The fact that a super bad team like the Bucks Steelhorns could reach the semi-finals was actually all thanks to you. And we also know that you have now obtained a professional contract with the Southampton Football Club - that is to say, whether you participate in the finals of the national competition or not is irrelevant to your future. Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity to make your life easier?"

"Even if you want to participate, or you are embarrassed to refuse the Bucks Steelhorns' request for you to participate, it doesn't matter. We just need you to show fatigue in the second half, can't hold the ball, and make multiple turnovers. That's it. Leave the rest to us. Without you, playing against the Bucks Steelhorns is like playing against garbage, isn't it?"

Drafting?

Gu Ran cursed secretly in his heart.

Then Teddle continued to say proudly: "Mr. Gu Ran, you have made history for the Bucks Steelhorns. They all regard you as a hero. You have also achieved success in your school. There is no need to fight for them anymore. Even if you fight, you can't lead 10 trash by yourself, right? You will still lose to our Missionaries in the end. And now, as long as you are willing to play passively, we can give you a great benefit. You may even benefit from it for life! This deal is quite cost-effective."

Gu Ran suppressed his anger and asked, "Oh? I want to hear what benefits you can give me?"

Teddle felt that this matter was basically half successful, so his tone became even more proud, "Mr. Gu Ran, you are a smart person, and I will not hide anything when communicating with smart people. As long as you play passively, we can provide you with an anonymous scholarship. This scholarship is 26,500 pounds."

F*ck, that's it? ? ? You want to buy me to play a match-fixing game for more than 20,000 pounds?

Gu Ran sneered: "You gave so much!"

Teddle heard the disdain in Gu Ran's tone and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Gu Ran, this is not over yet. In addition to the scholarship, we will also recommend you to Oxford or Cambridge University. You can play your professional football while completing your studies in the world's top universities. I know that you Chinese people value famous universities very much, and we at Westminster School have a unique advantage in recommending admissions."

Recommend me to Oxford or Cambridge? To be honest, this condition is very tempting for ordinary Chinese students.

A high diploma from a world-renowned university is just gold plating, playing in a professional league overseas is also gold plating, and after two layers of gold plating, returning to the Chinese Super League to play football, even if you play badly, you can still get a top-level high salary...

But what a pity.

I don't need gilding.

I am real gold!

Gu Ran sneered: "Anything else?"

Taidel on the other end of the phone laughed and said, "Mr. Gu Ran... you have quite an appetite. If you have any requests, just let me know. As long as you are willing to play passively, we can discuss everything."

Gu Ran sneered, "My request is very simple. First, you don't have to pay, and second, you don't have to be sent as a guarantor. I just want you to... turn yourself in to the English Football Association and honestly explain your involvement in match-fixing to the English Football Association."

Taidel was obviously stunned for a moment, "...Mr. Gu Ran, are you kidding me?"

Gu Ran said coldly: "I'm not kidding you. What I hate most is bastards like you who do whatever it takes to fake matches and matches for the sake of profit. I'm giving you a chance to turn yourself in. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

Teddle's tone became embarrassed and angry. "Mr. Gu Ran, I thought you were a smart man, but I didn't expect... you are so stupid. You don't really think you can beat our missionary team with 10 rubbish players? I'm talking to you to give you face, do you really think you are the savior?"

Gu Ran said in a deep voice: "I never think of myself as a savior. I also know that the Bucks Steel Horns is not a strong team, and the players of the Bucks Steel Horns are not first-class players, but at least, we don't play tricks! We don't play dirty! We don't fake it! We are playing football sincerely! We are competing with passion! Our victory is based on our own efforts, fought for one game after another! We are much better than you bastards! I am proud and proud to be a member of the Bucks Steel Horns!"

Taidel shouted angrily: "You, you dare to scold me?"

Gu Ran shouted angrily, "Yes, that's right, be more confident, I am scolding you! Not only will I scold you, but on the day of the finals, my teammates and I will go all out to beat you! So what if you are from Westminster School? So what if you are rich and powerful? So what if you are powerful? Your filthy money can't buy me off! I will beat you bastards until there is nothing left!"

"Fuck!" Teddle roared, "You, the rubbish Bucks Steelhorns team, are qualified to challenge us missionaries? We have won more national championships than you have qualified from the group stage!"

Gu Ran sneered, "You won the championship by rigging a match, and you still have the nerve to show off? In this finals, I will expose your true colors!"

Taidel said angrily: "Okay! Okay! You have guts! Since you don't accept our conditions, let's just wait and see! I have plenty of ways to make you unable to even cry! Just wait and regret it!"

Beep, beep, beep…

Taidel hung up the phone directly.

Gu Ran took a deep breath: What a pleasure! I felt so relieved when I scolded him!

Coach Carter turned off the DV recording with excitement on his face, "Gu! I have already recorded the conversation just now! Damn it, Westminster School is really too bullying! But the words you scolded them at the end were really satisfying! This finals game is not just for the first place, but also for this pride!"

Gu Ran nodded calmly, "That's right, coach! Please make a copy of this evidence and hand it over to the English Football Association."

"Okay, I'll do it. But..."

Coach Carter hesitated for a moment. "Gu, since Westminster School dares to be so unscrupulous, they must have someone backing them up. Although our evidence is sufficient, it may not be enough to bring any harm to Westminster School. At most, Westminster School will only admit that it was Taidel's personal behavior. Even if the English Football Association investigates, it may end up with nothing in the end - this is the reality of society. People without power and influence who want to refute powerful people will not get justice with just one piece of evidence."

Gu Ran nodded slightly.

What Coach Carter said is very true. Foreign countries are not a pure land either. The oppression of power is just more covert and more high-sounding.

As a young person, it must be difficult to understand Coach Carter's helplessness.

But Gu Ran understood very well.

Gu Ran said calmly, "Coach, I understand what you mean. I never thought of using this evidence to bring down the Westminster School team. I just can't let Westminster School be so comfortable! This evidence is enough to make them anxious for a while! If we want to beat them, we have to beat them on the field!"

Coach Carter nodded vigorously and said with admiration, "Gu, you are so mature! Sometimes, I even feel that you don't look like you are 17 or 18 years old. You look more like a person with rich social experience."

Holy shit…

Gu Ran quickly said, "Coach, you're too kind. I actually learned all this from you. You were so calm and composed during the game, so as your student, I naturally learned a lot from you as well."

"Really?" Coach Carter immediately grinned happily, "Haha! Yes, yes! That's right! My greatest characteristic is that I stay calm and composed in any situation. I'm really good at judging people!"

Gu Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, coach... Then I'll go eat first, and then continue training."

"good!"

After the lunch break, Gu Ran devoted himself to the afternoon training.

The incident in Westminster did not affect Gu Ran's mentality. Instead, it made Gu Ran furious and eager for a fight with the Flying Missionaries! The afternoon training program focused on dynamic passing and cooperation.

As Gu Ran was sprinting almost frantically, other main members of the Bucks Steel Horns team also gritted their teeth and cooperated with Gu Ran's training.

After a whole afternoon of training, almost all the main players were paralyzed by Gu Ran.

When Gu Ran was about to practice set pieces again, Coach Carter suddenly received a call and his expression changed drastically!

"Gu! Stop for a moment, something happened! Damn it, that bastard Westminster is really going crazy for revenge!"

Gu Ran was already prepared in his heart, and asked calmly, "What's wrong, coach?"

When the other main players heard the conversation between Coach Carter and Gu Ran, they quickly gathered around with concern.

Coach Carter said angrily, "I just received a call from a staff member of the English Football Association! He informed me that he would give you an additional red card and suspend you for one game!"

After these words came out, Gu Ran just smiled coldly, but the other players present were all furious:

"What?!"

"Additional red card!?"

"Are you kidding me? Where did Gu Ran commit a foul? Even if there was a foul, it shouldn't warrant a red card, right?"

"Isn't it obvious that they want to mess with us?"

"Don't they know that Gu Ran's girlfriend is Anne Hathaway?"

The players of the Bucks Steelhorns were all furious.

Gu Ran was also furious, but at such times, he became calmer and didn't say a word of complaint.

Coach Carter was so angry that his whole body was shaking. "The reason why the Football Association issued an additional red card was that Gu Ran had provocative and uncivilized behavior towards Rugby fans in the previous game! Fuck Westminster! Fuck the English Football Association! Instead of caring about match-fixing, they are making things difficult for us who are passionate about football! The environment for youth football in the UK is rotten to the core! If it continues like this, British football will be finished!"

The other players were even more indignant when they heard this: "Fuck!"

"Provoking the fans?"

"What a bullshit excuse, what a bullshit charge!"

"It was clearly the Rugby Golden Fleece fans who were being racist! Gu only celebrated in front of the Rugby fans after scoring the goal, and there was nothing wrong with that!"

"It was the Rugby fans who threw mineral water bottles at Gu, and the Southampton and Cardiff fans couldn't stand it, so they helped Gu fight back!"

"Fuck! We have to appeal!"

"What's the point of appealing? Don't you understand? This is deliberately targeting Gu! Deliberately targeting our Bucks Steel Horns!"

“Fuck Westminster!”

"This method is so fucking dirty! It's even dirtier than their fucking sewers!"

"Coach! What should we do? We can't just watch them succeed, right?"

"Yeah! Without Gu, we can't play at all!"

Gu Ran has long been the absolute core leader of the Bucks Steelhorns. If Gu Ran is really given a red card and suspended for one game, the Bucks Steelhorns will not even have a one in ten thousand chance of winning, and will lose miserably! Coach Carter said, "I will definitely appeal, but... Fuck! The appeal process is very troublesome. It is normal to be delayed for a week, and we will have the finals the day after tomorrow!"

Except for Gu Ran, all the players were anxious.

Gu Ran thought calmly for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's okay, don't let this matter affect your mentality in preparing for the game. Come, let's continue to practice set pieces."

The teammates said anxiously, "Gu, are you still in the mood to train at this time?"

"Yeah, Gu! Think of a solution quickly! If you really get banned, then everything will be over!"

"Gu! We can't live without you!"

All the teammates were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

Gu Ran said nothing, just picked up the ball and walked towards the court, and started practicing set pieces.

The teammates had no choice but to stay and practice with him, but they were obviously absent-minded and lacked concentration.

After practicing for another hour, Gu Ran's energy was reduced to only 20% or 30%. Gu Ran finally stopped with satisfaction.

The teammates all wanted to talk to Gu Ran, but Gu Ran went straight into the locker room.

Mave and Gregory were still waiting for him in the locker room, giving him a post-training checkup and massage.

——For Mavericks and Gregory, they thought that things would be much easier after being upgraded to become Gu Ran’s exclusive team doctor and physical therapist. However, before Gu Ran officially became a professional team member, the two of them had to “work overtime” with Gu Ran.

They just hoped that after Gu Ran finished the finals, he would not practice so frantically.

After the physical therapy, Gu Ran took another shower, then left the training ground feeling relaxed and drove home.

After returning home, Gu Ran eats and sleeps.

Regarding the additional red card... Gu Ran was not panicked at all.

This kind of thing does sound terrible, but Gu Ran concluded that the English Football Association would not do anything rash. The so-called excuse of "provoking the fans" was not true at all. Westminster School was just desperate and deliberately used the additional red card to scare him, trying to make him surrender and affect his mentality for preparation.

This war has already begun, and since it has begun, there is no need to be afraid! What's more, I am a reborn person, I have a system, I am the son of destiny in this world, how can I be scared by a mere red card suspension?

You have someone in the Football Association in Westminster, but I don't? There's no need to call old Rice about this, he will know about it!

As long as old Rice comes forward, will the English Football Association dare to give you a red card?

The more you act like this, the more I'm going to beat you to a pulp!

Gu Ran lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

This is not because of the additional red card, but because...

After getting used to playing handball at night, it’s a bit difficult to sleep alone.

well.

What should I do after this?

Gu Ran sighed dejectedly and tried to force himself to fall asleep.

That night.

The news of the "additional red card" quickly spread among Southampton High School fans.

"What? Gu Ran is going to get an additional red card? And a one-game suspension?"

"French Football Association! This is clearly a deliberate targeting!"

"Haha! Our Gu has become so powerful that he is being deliberately targeted by Westminster!"

"No! We can't just sit there and do nothing!"

"Brothers! Call the Football Association! Curse those sons of bitches!"

"Yes, this is a battle! Gu Ran won for us, and we have to fight for Gu Ran too!"

Southampton fans picked up the phones and bombarded the FA.

Early the next morning.

As usual, Gu Ran was woken up by his own swelling.

After taking a shower and having breakfast, Old Rice called.

When asked by Old Rice, Gu Ran told Old Rice the whole story, including the fact that Teddel asked him to fix the match.

——Old Rice is a veteran figure of the English Football Association, and the English Football Association and the English Football Association are actually the same organization, but the English Football Association is at a higher level, while the English Football Association is responsible for handling specific matters.

Old Rice was also very angry after listening to Gu Ran's story. "Gu, you should have told me this directly! Don't worry, I will make the guy who gave you a red card unemployed! Damn it, don't they know that you are my man? How dare they bully me! I haven't shown my power in the past few years. Do you really think I have a good temper? Gu, just focus on training and don't be affected by this incident. Leave the rest to me. Before today, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation!"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Rice, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Ran drove to school as usual and climbed over the wall into the training ground.

The teammates also arrived early and asked Gu Ran about the progress of the matter with concern.

Gu Ran just smiled and said nothing more, and then started warming up step by step.

All the teammates were worried.

Coach Carter left in a hurry after arranging today's training tasks - he wanted to make further appeal regarding the additional red card.

Today's training content is relatively easy, which is physical training and circle-grabbing training.

While training, Gu Ran took the opportunity to pick up 10 special training bubbles and exchange them for 1 new talent point.

As the training session was about to end that day, Coach Carter ran into the training ground with a beaming face.

"Gu! Good news! Good news!"

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(End of this chapter)