Gu Ran drove back to his dune villa.

My biggest realization today is that shooting commercials is much more tiring than training and competing.

Especially shooting commercials with beautiful female stars.

Fortunately, I am a decent person, otherwise I would have been eaten up by Abi.

Fortunately, this matter is finally over.

As for the future, I will try my best to refuse to shoot commercials. If I really can't refuse, I will try to avoid Abi.

It’s better to go home. Ao Mei is well behaved and won’t flirt.

As soon as Gu Ran pushed the door open, he saw Elizabeth wrapped in a short bath towel, sitting on the sofa eating popcorn and watching the popular TV series "Spartacus".

Gu Ran: ...

No need to tease, but Elizabeth is much more lethal than Abby!

Gu Ran could handle the coquettish Abby, but he couldn't handle the pure Scarlet Witch! Gu Ran couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He was so busy looking at the bath towel that he almost didn't notice that there was a bubble of talent points generated by the accumulated negative emotions under Elizabeth's feet.

"Gu, come back!"

Elizabeth quickly froze the TV screen, then happily jumped off the sofa to greet Gu Ran.

The towel bounced as Elizabeth moved, and Gu Ran couldn't help but worry that it might break.

If it breaks, should I look at it or not? If I look at it, will I look like a frivolous person? But if it is unbearable, will I look like a hypocrite?

The young body that had been aroused by Abby before began to become restless again before it had even calmed down.

This is such a sin! Tomorrow is my first starting game, why give me such a big test in the middle of the night?

——However, the towel did not collapse.

Elizabeth looked at Gu Ran like a little fangirl. "Gu, you're going to play in the game tomorrow, right? You came back so late, you must be working hard in practice, right? Come on! Do you want me to give you a massage to relax you?"

Gu Ran quickly cleared his throat, "Don't... I mean, no, I'm a little tired and want to go to bed early."

Good man, he just escaped from Abi’s clutches, and now his young body can’t withstand any storm.

"Oh..." Elizabeth's face was filled with visible disappointment.

Gu Ran took out a ticket for the wives' group at St. Mary's Stadium from his pocket and handed it to Elizabeth. "Tomorrow's game is at 3 pm. I'll be in the starting lineup. Remember to go and watch."

"Wow! That's great!" Elizabeth reached out to take it in surprise.

Gu Ran also took the opportunity to concentrate his mind and picked up Elizabeth's talent point bubble.

In this way, Gu Ran's talent points have reached 8 again. There will be no problem for him to start the whole game and crush Torquay United tomorrow! After saying goodnight to Elizabeth, Gu Ran had a simple meal, then took some ice and fire therapy, and returned to his master bedroom.

After tossing and turning in bed for a long time, Gu Ran finally forced himself to fall asleep.

Early the next morning.

Gu Ran was woken up by his own swelling on time.

The young body is sending strong signals.

Alas, these days are unbearable...

After a simple wash, Gu Ran drove to Staplewood training base.

When the Cayenne arrived at the entrance of the training base, the guard Kenny put down the newspaper in his hand and greeted Gu Ran enthusiastically: "Hey, Gu! You came so early on the game day! Did you... rest well last night?"

"It's okay, Kenny, thank you for your concern. I'm going to start today, so come here early to warm up."

"Tsk tsk, if all the players in the club were like you, then our Southampton team would be able to compete for first place every year!"

"Haha." Gu Ran smiled, lightly stepped on the accelerator, and drove into the parking lot.

Kenny nodded in admiration, picked up the Sun again, and continued to read the news titled "Another Scandal: Tall Guy's Fiancee Abi Has a Hot and Private Meeting with Saints Supernova Gu Ran" with great interest...

After Gu Ran parked the car, he went to the locker room to change his jersey and warmed up in advance.

After Gu Ran warmed up for an hour, the other players finally arrived.

Gu Ran went to the restaurant to have a special nutritious breakfast, then took a short rest and gathered with his teammates to warm up the whole team under the leadership of captain Davis.

Because today is a competition day, everyone took it easy during the warm-up, focusing on conserving their energy.

But even so, Gu Ran's outstanding competitive state still far surpasses other teammates.

Gu Ran himself was also very satisfied with his condition today.

Long-term hard work will definitely pay off.

Fortunately, I am a serious person and did not go upstairs with Abby to play Landlord last night.

The morning training focused on high pressure, with the emphasis on practicing the compactness of the starting players' formation.

Whether it was offensive pressure or pressing pressure, Gu Ran's positioning was very accurate.

Head coach Adkins, who was directing the training on the sidelines, also nodded frequently to Gu Ran's performance in training.

Coach Adkins was also inspired by this and began to think of new tactical moves for Gu Ran in his mind...

Also watching the training from the sidelines were Haldin and his younger brothers.

Gu Ran got the starting left back position, so Harding, the former regular left back, will have to sit on the bench.

Haldin's younger brother Tafazoli couldn't help but admire in a low voice: "Gu Ran is really strong..."

The muscles on Haldin's face twitched slightly. "Humph, today, I will destroy his reputation!"

Tafazoli asked in surprise, "Boss, what are you going to do?"

Haldin said coldly, "Don't ask me about this. I've discovered that whenever I bring you guys along to cause trouble, it never succeeds. Anyway, just wait and see."

After saying that, Haldin sneered meaningfully at Gu Ran who was actively running on the field.

Although the intensity of the morning training was not high, the starting players had a good understanding of the high-pressure formation.

After all, they are all professional players.

This kind of tactical understanding and execution ability basically does not exist in the country.

After the high-pressure formation drill, Coach Adkins asked everyone to relax and rest early to reserve energy.

After lunch at the training base, the players have about an hour to rest, and then take the team bus to St. Mary's Stadium after 1:30 pm.

Just as Gu Ran finished the nutritious lunch that Loina had carefully prepared and was about to take a nap, his personal assistant Rick hurried over.

"Hey Gu, there's something urgent that needs to be dealt with," Rick said directly without beating around the bush, "I just received a call from the advertising director, saying that they need to reshoot a scene with you alone."

Gu Ran frowned immediately, "Reshoot? Wasn't he very satisfied with the shoot yesterday?"

Rick said helplessly: "I said so, but he insisted on reshooting one more scene, and it was urgent. He asked to shoot it now. If we can't shoot it today, it will be considered as our breach of contract."

Gu Ran said unhappily: "Doesn't he know that I'm going to compete today? Rick, how did you communicate with him?"

Rick smiled bitterly and said, "I'm really sorry, Gu. Although I shouldn't shirk my responsibility, this should actually be the area of ​​responsibility of the agent. I was just helping to pass on messages and doing some miscellaneous work."

Gu Ran pursed his lips.

You really can't take it out on your personal assistant about things like this.

The main reason is my lack of experience in shooting commercials. I didn’t expect that a print advertisement would be so troublesome.

Oh, being a star is so troublesome, can’t I just play football in peace!

Gu Ran said in a deep voice: "Tell the director for me that if he wants to shoot, he can wait until I finish the competition. Otherwise, let him sue me and I will respond."

Rick said quickly, "Gu, we can't do this. The advertiser this time is our own sponsor Umbro, and we can't go to court with our own sponsor. I have already negotiated with the advertising director. He said that we can temporarily set up a warehouse near us for filming. We only need to shoot one shot, and it will not take more than half an hour in total. He promised that you only need to take one photo when you go."

The other party is a sponsor, and if it only takes half an hour...

Gu Ran felt that something was not right, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"Is Abby going?"

"Oh, I asked, she's not going, you just went there alone to take a picture."

"Oh..." Gu Ran felt a little relieved.

Rick said hurriedly, "Gu, if we leave now, we will definitely have plenty of time. Even if we can't get back to the training base, we can still drive directly to St. Mary's Stadium. We can't delay any longer. The longer we delay, the tighter our time will be later."

Gu Ran immediately said, "Well, I'll go talk to Coach Adkins first."

If you leave the team before a game, you must report to the head coach.

Gu Ran and Rick quickly found Coach Adkins who was studying the tactical diagram.

Gu Ran briefly explained the purpose of his visit.

Coach Adkins also frowned after hearing this, "Is this Umbro advertising director... an idiot?"

Rick said, "Coach, now is not the time to scold him. I think we should let Gu Ran go as soon as possible. After all, this is Gu Ran's first advertisement. Everyone in the club hopes that Gu Ran's commercial value will be perfectly reflected."

When it comes to the club's commercial interests, Coach Adkins can no longer stop it.

After all, the operating conditions of Southampton Football Club are still very poor, and pursuing commercial interests is a serious matter.

"Okay then, Rick, you have to stay with Gu Ran. Don't let Gu Ran get into any accidents. After you finish filming, you don't have to go back to the training base. Just drive directly to St. Mary's Stadium to meet us."

"But!" Coach Adkins said seriously, "You must not be late for a commercial! Gu, your main job is to play football. Don't forget this for the rest of your life."

"Yes, coach." Gu Ran nodded vigorously.

"Okay, Coach! Don't worry, I will take good care of Gu." Rick felt relieved and pulled Gu Ran and said, "Gu, let's go."

Today's lunch break was ruined.

Such an accident happened on the day of the professional competition, which really made Gu Ran feel annoyed.

But that's the real world.

Even if you are determined to play football, the real world is full of complex variables.

Many things seem simple, sound simple, and are simple to say, but when you are in the situation, you are often defeated by reality.

Finding a professional agent must be put on the agenda as soon as possible...

Gu Ran packed his belongings, put on a sports backpack, and drove Rick to the abandoned warehouse where he had agreed to meet the director.

Seeing Gu Ran leaving, Tafazoli couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Why did Gu Ran leave early?"

Haldin sneered, and a hint of success flashed in his sinister eyes: "The show is about to begin!"

Gu Ran sped along according to the navigation. The road became more and more crooked and more and more difficult to walk on. Gu Ran also felt more and more that something was wrong.

About 15 minutes later, the Cayenne stopped in front of an abandoned steel manufacturing plant warehouse.

There is a section of road in front of the abandoned warehouse where cars can no longer drive in and the only way is on foot.

This place is sparsely populated and even basic mobile phone signals are very weak.

Gu Ran frowned as he walked and asked, "Why do you want to shoot in a place like this?"

"Maybe..." Rick was puzzled, but he still guessed, "Maybe it's to highlight the style of shooting the wasteland industry? Isn't this kind of wasteland style popular now?"

Gu Ran said coldly, "Forget it, let's finish the filming early and leave early - don't let me take any more commercials this season."

"Okay, okay." Rick added, "By the way, Gu, when you leave later, don't forget to take me with you."

My goodness, the location of this abandoned warehouse is much further away than the Umbro studio last time. Not to mention the bus, even a taxi can’t be summoned.

Gu Ran and Rick walked into the abandoned warehouse, stepping on the abandoned construction waste, one step deep and one step shallow.

The warehouse was large and empty, with only a few huge pieces of rusty steel scattered inside. The only ventilation window was more than four meters above the ground.

Apart from that, there was no one in the warehouse, let alone any filming equipment.

Gu Ran frowned and looked around, "Yeah, where are they?"

Rick wondered, "The director said on the phone before that they had already arranged everything and were just waiting for us to arrive... Did we find the wrong warehouse? But the location given by the navigation is right here."

Gu Ran frowned, "...No! Let's go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, before he could turn around, he heard the big iron door of the warehouse close with a clang! Then, the sound of the iron chain being locked came from outside! It's broken! Gu Ran's heart sank.

By the time he rushed to the door, it was too late.

The door of the warehouse had been locked from the outside, and one could only barely see a few figures running away quickly through the crack in the door.

Damn! This guy actually used such a dirty trick on me! Gu Ran was instantly furious!

Rick was sweating profusely. "What, what, what is going on? Hey! Who's outside? Don't joke like that!"

Gu Ran calmly shouted, "It's useless. Stop shouting, Rick. This is not a joke at all. It's obvious that someone is trying to mess with me."

Rick said in horror, "Who is it? How dare they?!"

Gu Ran laughed coldly: "Who else could it be? You can figure out with your toes, who will benefit the most if I am locked in here?"

Rick took a deep breath, "You mean... Haldin?! Oh my God! He, he wouldn't do that, would he?"

Gu Ran said coldly, "I didn't think it would be that serious, but now it seems that I thought too much of you. If I can't go out and miss the starting lineup, some media will definitely say that I am too proud and that I want to transfer, so I deliberately don't cooperate with the head coach's tactical arrangements and deliberately don't play in the game."

"By then, fans who don't know the truth will be incited and think that I really want to use this to threaten a transfer. The fans will scold me without asking the truth, and the club will be forced to ban me. If I am a little more fragile, I will probably be unable to recover, become a substitute, perform poorly, or even hastily transfer to a lower league."

"Hardin, it's not just that I can't play this game."

"He wanted to ruin my entire football career."

After saying that, Gu Ran stared at Rick coldly.

Rick was immediately covered in cold sweat. "Gu... This, this, this is all my fault! I was fooled! The other party called me and claimed to be the director of last night's commercial, and I, I, I, I believed it! But Gu, you have to believe me, I am your personal affairs assistant, I am proud of you! I will never betray you or frame you! I swear on my daughter's life! Haldin and I are not in the same group! I can't wait to kill that bastard!"

Gu Ran's fierce look softened slightly.

Although he couldn't trust Rick 100%, Gu Ran was almost certain that Rick had nothing to do with the matter. At most, Rick was not careful enough in his work.

Having said that, Haldin's shady tricks this time are completely different from his previous petty tricks. This time it has risen to a professional level. It is very likely that a professional frame-up team has been hired to do the work. It is indeed difficult for Rick not to fall into the trap when he is not on guard.

Not to mention Rick, even someone as smart as myself fell into the trap, didn’t I?

People who are kind by nature will never be able to imagine how unscrupulous those sinister villains are.

Oh, professional team...

I just want to play football quietly, but you guys are making it look like a Hollywood spy movie! Harding, you are really scheming! Gu Ran smiled coldly in his heart, and then said in a deep voice: "Rick, let's talk about your problem later. The most urgent thing now is to get out of here as soon as possible."

"Yes, yes!" Rick took out his cell phone tremblingly and called for help.

However, there was no signal in the warehouse and the phone could not be dialed out.

Gu Ran also took out his cell phone and changed locations several times, but was unable to make a call for help.

Rick was so anxious that he pulled the iron door like crazy, "Someone, please let us out! I'll pay you any money! Someone, please, please!"

However, there was no response from outside.

As it concerns Gu Ran's career, Rick is really anxious. If he can't pull the iron door, he kicks it with his feet. If he can't kick the iron door, he is ready to hit it with his head.

Gu Ran stopped the panicking Rick and said, "Okay, stop wasting your brain. The other party is well prepared. This door is obviously not open. We have to find another way."

Rick shed tears in despair. "I'm sorry, Gu, I've ruined you. I've been an assistant for so many years, and I never thought I'd encounter something so sinister! My teammates actually used such a shady trick to deal with their own people! This is really... so hateful! After we get out, I must report to Old Rice! Cleanse the bad apples in the team!"

Light~ Rick dropped a blue skill bubble.

It’s a pity that Rick is not a star, otherwise, his negative emotion value this time would definitely generate red talent points.

Gu Ran concentrated his mind and took a quick look: +1 for workplace skills of taking a break from work.

Gu Ran: ...

Rick, Rick, I didn't expect you to be such a great eunuch.

Gu Ran simply ignored it.

Gu Ran did not have time to comfort Rick's depression and despair, but continued to calmly observe and analyze the useful things in the abandoned warehouse.

The more desperate the situation was, the more Gu Ran was able to remain calm and rational.

This is also one of the BUFFs that he has as a reborn person.

After a careful observation, the only way to escape was through the skylight four meters above the ground.

However, a height of four meters is impossible for a normal person to reach without a springboard.

Taking NBA stars as an example, Kobe is considered to be a star with strong vertical jump and running reach. Kobe is 201cm tall, with a vertical jump of 103cm and a running reach of 385cm.

The two players with the highest running reach are Dwight Howard and Vince Carter, who can touch the top edge of the backboard, which is 395cm high.

The height of the skylight must be more than four meters.

Of course, unlike NBA stars who can climb up by themselves, Gu Ran can also use inertia to climb with his arms.

So theoretically, it is possible to try.

Gu Ran took a deep breath, stepped back a few meters, then suddenly ran up, using inertia to climb the wall with his hands and feet.

After kicking the wall twice, large pieces of paint fell off, and Gu Ran was an arm's length away from grabbing the windowsill.

It's quite far.

After rebirth, if I choose basketball as my main career, this will definitely not be a problem.

But Gu Ran is a football player.

Rick, who was standing by, became even more desperate when he saw that Gu Ran failed.

Gu Ran did not give up. He extended the run-up distance, started a sprint, combined with the core strength of his waist and abdomen, and tried again! This time, he still could not reach the window sill, but it was only half an arm's length away.

Gu Ran frowned slightly.

Although he hasn't fully activated his sprint speed and burst skills, it seems that even if he fully activates his skills, it will be difficult for him to grab the windowsill.

You have to find a leverage point.

Gu Ran looked back at Rick, who looked desperate, and said in a deep voice: "Rick, are you willing to do anything for me?"

Rick immediately said with a firm face: "Yes! Gu! I'm willing to do anything for you!"

"Very good, come here and lie down."

Rick's fat body trembled slightly, "Gu, you...you don't want to...punish me? I know I made a mistake, I'm really sorry, I did say I'd do anything for you, I know you need to vent your anger, but...we are all adults after all, don't do this..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Get down!"

Gu Ran forced Rick to the ground: "This might hurt a lot."

"Just bear with it for a while."

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(End of this chapter)