It was the first time he saw Gu Ran lose his temper!
Rick quickly caught up with Gu Ran, "Gu, what happened? Why are there tears in your eyes?"
"Really?" Gu Ran smiled coldly, "You are mistaken, that is just sweat, I have too much water."
Rick opened his mouth...
Gu Ran stopped talking and quickly walked back to the locker room.
Rick couldn't keep up even at a jog.
At this moment, no one could understand the sadness in Gu Ran's heart.
It’s impossible to get into the national team…
But it doesn’t matter. If I can’t make it into the national team, I’ll just develop rapidly overseas.
One day, when I become a world-class star, I don't believe that the national team will go against the will of all the fans and not recruit me! I will rely on my own influence to join the national team with dignity! If one year doesn't work, then two years, if two years doesn't work, then three years, if three years doesn't work, then ten years! I want to win the English Football League One! I want to win the English Football League Cup! I want to win the English Football Championship! I want to win the Europa League! I want to lead the team to achieve a triple jump! I want to win the English Football Championship! I want to win the Premier League! The FA Cup! The Community Shield! I want to join the strongest club with the highest price and the most sensational effect! I want to win the Champions League! I want to compete with Messi and Ronaldo for the Ballon d'Or!
If you, Guo, don’t go in and operate the sewing machine by then, I will slap your face with the trophy!
——Gu Ran wiped the sweat from the corners of his eyes and strode into the physiotherapy room in the locker room.
Gu Ran said in a deep voice to the stunned Mai Fu and Gregory: "I'm back, let's continue."
"Gu?" Mai Fu asked cautiously, "Did things go wrong?"
Gregory also asked: "Is it because the other party... asked for too high a price?"
Gu Ran lay on the therapy bed and said in a muffled voice: "It's not about the price. I really want it in my heart, but the other party... is too dirty."
Mave and Gregory exchanged glances.
Mave lowered his voice and asked, "Outskirts?"
Gregory shook his head and whispered, "No, I should have called a professional."
Mai Fu: "Hiss... that's really dirty. No wonder Gu Ran is so unhappy even though he won the game."
While giving Gu Ran a massage, Gregory cleared his throat and said, "Gu, don't be too depressed about this. I have a friend who knows a famous chicken head. I can ask my friend to help you solve the problem and get rid of the eggs."
Mave also said, "Yes, Gu, next time you need that, go find Gregory! It's safe!"
Gu Ran: What eggs? What eggs? Before Gu Ran could say anything, Coach Adkins and the breathless Rick rushed in together.
Apparently, Rick had already told Coach Adkins about Gu Ran's anger.
Coach Adkins asked with concern: "Gu, are you okay?"
Gu Ran turned over and sat up, forcing a smile and saying, "I'm fine, coach."
Mave interrupted, "Coach, this kind of thing is definitely not convenient to discuss openly, but don't worry, Gregory's...friends can help Gu Ran beat the eggs."
Gregory nodded heavily. "Believe me, last time Walton called three professionals and only paid two. The matter almost got reported in the newspapers. In the end, it was me and my friend who found someone to settle it."
Coach Adkins: …
Gu Ran: ??? I'm in a bad mood, and you guys are talking to me about Wharton's gossip?
By the way, Walton couldn't afford to pay for two of them, right? Playing two peaches to kill three warriors? Or was Walton in poor health, so he spent two?
Wait, what the hell am I thinking! I can’t even get into the national team, I’m feeling really bad!
You guys are still gossiping here, do you have any sympathy?
Then I heard Coach Adkins clear his throat, "You guys go out first, let me talk to Gu alone."
Mai Fu said: "Coach, it's okay, we and Gu Ran are all family."
Coach Adkins frowned and said, "But you and I are not one."
Myv and Gregory had to leave the therapy room, and Rick hesitated for a moment and then walked out as well.
Coach Adkins sighed, "Gu, although I don't know what happened, your condition looks worse than the last time you were injured and hospitalized."
Gu Ran smiled helplessly, "Coach...you wouldn't understand even if I told you."
Coach Adkins said: "We are friends, and you are the core ace of the Southampton team. I must know what happened to you. So... is it really about beating the eggs?"
Oh shit!
Coach, are you here because you care about me, or are you here to listen to my gossip?
Gu Ran pursed his lips and said, "... To put it simply, I lost the opportunity to join our national team."
Coach Adkins was shocked and said, "What? This is simply... a joke, right? Gu, you must be kidding me! A talented player like you, if you were British, the English Football Association and the head coach of the national team would have lined up to invite you to join! You can't even join your national team?! Are they crazy?"
Gu Ran also laughed, "Yeah, it's ridiculous, right? But this is the truth. If I don't go along with them, I won't have the chance to play football for my country."
Coach Adkins opened his mouth and wanted to comfort Gu Ran, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any words to comfort Gu Ran.
After all, in Coach Adkins' logical understanding, this kind of thing is simply impossible to happen!
Coach Adkins could only pat Gu Ran on the shoulder, "...Gu, give yourself a break, you need to rest."
Gu Ran shook his head and said, "No, coach, I need to play football."
"You need to rest!" Coach Adkins emphasized, "You need to go clubbing, you need to socialize, you need to have fun, you need to forget these painful things. What's more, you have played several extremely intense games in a row, and you should have rested for the next game! The next game is the third round of the English League One in a week, we will challenge Peterborough United away, and then three days later it will be the second round of the League Cup. I will give you a holiday for the game against Peterborough United, and you can return before the second round of the League Cup!"
"coach……"
"That's it! Go home and have fun however you want."
"Coach, I..."
"Stop talking, Gu! This is my order! Go now!"
"Coach, I mean - I haven't finished my physical therapy yet."
"Oh, then finish your physical therapy before you leave."
Coach Adkins patted Gu Ran's shoulder again, then shook his head and walked out of the physical therapy room, sighing as he walked, "I can't imagine it, I can't imagine it."
Ma Fu at the door said, "Look, it must be a matter of the hen getting pregnant and laying eggs..."
Gregory said: "Gu is still young. How can young people not make mistakes? However, we are all Gu's family. We must keep Gu's secret and not let anyone else know."
Mave nodded heavily, "Okay!"
The two returned to the physiotherapy room.
Leaving the third man Rick alone and messy at the door, "Jesus... I seem to know what happened, but I suspect I don't know what happened... Wait, am I not a human?"
In the physiotherapy room, Gregory gave Gu Ran a massage while saying, "Gu, don't worry, leave this to me... just a friend."
Gu Ran smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, but you can't help me with this matter. I have already thought it through. That's it."
Mai Fu said quickly: "Gu! You can't do this! Don't you want a future? Don't you want a reputation? If the media knew about this, they would send you to hell!"
Gu Ran said indifferently: "What's the matter? It's not my fault."
Gregory said, "Gu, don't be willful! This kind of thing happens all the time in the football circle."
Gu Ran frowned and said, "What on earth are you talking about... Let's stop here! Hurry up and use the fascia knife. I want to go back and rest early after the physical therapy."
"All right……"
Seeing Gu Ran's face change, Maverick and Gregory naturally didn't dare to say anything more.
Mave carefully checked Gu Ran's body again, and after making sure that there was nothing serious, Gregory picked up the fascia knife and gave Gu Ran physical therapy.
While enduring the pain from the fascia knife, Gu Ran concentrated his mind and received the growth rewards and hidden rewards of this game.
Today's English League One home debut was really exciting. If it weren't for the people from Xinghui showing up, today would have been an extremely happy day.
Gu Ran sighed secretly in his heart and forced the unpleasant things out of his mind.
Light~ The familiar system prompt sounded in Gu Ran's mind: "Congratulations to the host. Since the host perfectly integrated the results of more than 100 hours of special training in the first home game of English League One, the corresponding attributes have grown."
"Your physical attribute - Rebound, increases from 67 points to 68 points."
"Your physical attribute - Balance, grows from 73 points to 74 points."
"Your technical attribute - free kick, has grown from 68 points to 69 points."
"Your skill attribute - out-of-bounds ball, has grown from 65 points to 66 points."
"Your mental attribute - calmness, has grown from 71 points to 72 points."
...Not bad!
The last sub-attribute of the body attribute, "Bounce", has been displayed, and all major body categories are known!
In addition, his technical attributes of out-of-bounds balls and his mental attributes of calmness were also demonstrated.
The attributes of the shortcomings have been further improved.
I am one step closer to being promoted to personal A rating! With this performance, I will definitely get another SS-level hidden lottery.
Light~ As expected, another system prompt sounded in Gu Ran's mind: "This match is the host's first home game in English Football League One. The host played the entire game, completed 3 key clearances, 1 fatal clearance that would have led to a goal, ran a maximum distance of 9.62 kilometers, had the longest sprint distance, the most sprints, and made 3 passes and 3 shots. The system rated this as SS-level performance."
Gu Ran couldn't help but take a deep breath.
The clearance and running data in this game were obviously much less than those in the previous derby.
The reason was that the opponent was too weak and he was defeated and crushed with almost no effort.
If it weren't for the data of 3 passes and 3 shots, this game would hardly be rated SS level.
It seems that in the future, when we meet a strong team, we have to beat them to death, and when we meet a weak team, we have to crush them to death.
Okay, let’s draw the lottery first! Gu Ran immediately focused his mind and activated the lottery disc in his mind.
Gu Ran was feeling very depressed today because of Xinghui's matter and was too lazy to pray for good luck.
stop--
The lottery disc then slowly stopped.
"Congratulations, host."
"The skill selected in this hidden lottery is: Set-piece: Crescent Moon Scimitar."
"Your set-piece: Crescent Moon Scimitar has been increased from +4 to +7, effective immediately."
Holy shit…
Gu Ran couldn’t believe it!
Crescent Moon Saber is really +7! I actually won the upgrade of the star skill!
This is really a silver lining!
All the skill upgrades I got after begging for help before were rubbish, but this time I actually got a very practical star skill, the Crescent Moon Scimitar!
The +7 Crescent Moon Scimitar, although it has not reached the level of Beckham in his peak period, it is definitely higher than the Premier League level, and it is even very cool to get it in the Champions League!
So cool!
Is this the system's way of compensating me for my unhappiness? Unfortunately, star-level skills cannot be upgraded, strengthened, or reset through reorganization. Otherwise, I could take the opportunity to upgrade the Crescent Moon Saber.
Of course, this reorganization and reshuffling cannot be wasted.
Gu Ran quickly reviewed his normal skills, and then decided to reorganize the "Reasonable Collision +4".
The reasonable collision skill is the first basic skill that Gu Ran got for free. This skill is not only very useful in defense, but also very practical in offense.
Especially in English Football League One, where the physical confrontation is very intense, this general skill is also very important.
After upgrading Reasonable Collision to Enhanced Reasonable Collision, not only can you wash out 4 general talent points, but the space for stacking skills upwards is also opened up, and you can continue to get similar skills for free.
This is a great deal!
Gu Ran then reset and reorganized the "Reasonable Collision +4" skill.
The system prompt voice asked: "Host will reallocate the reasonable collision +4 skill, are you sure?"
Be sure and be certain! Suddenly, Gu Ran felt that the thoughts in his mind were particularly clear: Reasonable collision +4 is upgraded to enhanced reasonable collision +1.
There is a line of flashing system text below the new advanced enhanced reasonable collision skill: You feel that you are more eager to use your body to collide with other bodies.
Gu Ran: ...
Is it me or the system that is dishonest? It must be the system!
The 4 general talent points washed out can be redistributed.
It is better to make up for the shortcomings and improve the personal rating to A.
First add 1 point to the balance attribute, so that the balance attribute is increased from 74 points to 75 points to meet the standard.
As for the remaining 3 points, it is worth considering how to allocate them.
Imagination 73, Teamwork 74, Calmness 72 - these three items are the easiest to reach the A-level standard, but these three items are all mental attributes. Mental attributes will certainly improve personal strength, but they are not the most important at present.
The remaining 3 points can meet the requirements of imagination and teamwork, but to achieve 75 points of 15 sub-attributes, there is still 1 attribute missing.
In other words, no matter how hard you try, it is impossible to achieve an A rating in the personal system.
As for the next game, Gu Ran will definitely have to rest, and there will be no new game until 10 days later.
During these 10 days, even if you only rely on free white training bubbles, you can exchange them for 10 new special talent points.
Therefore, there is really no need to add points just to advance to A-level.
Putting aside the sub-attributes of the spirit category, the three items worth adding points to make up for the shortcomings are: dribbling 70, free kick 69, and jumping 68.
The talent point gap for these three shortcomings is 18 points.
Such a point gap exceeded Gu Ran's expectations. Although there were still 10 days until the next game, if he could not play, he would not be able to advance to Class A by the time the next game came just by picking up white training bubbles to exchange for special talent points.
Gu Ran was also in a dilemma for a moment.
Should he add the spiritual category that is easier to advance, or make up for his shortcomings? Or a mixture of the two? After thinking for a while, Gu Ran still had no clear idea.
Gu Ran decided to save these three general talent points until the next game.
After half an hour of fascia knife therapy, the other players and staff had already driven away.
Gu Ran took a shower, changed into dry clothes, said goodbye to Rick Maverick and Gregory, then drove home and started his long vacation.
After returning to the Dune Villa, Gu Ran immediately received ice and fire therapy to restore his strength.
I had just finished taking a shower when my phone started ringing.
Abbey Clancy continued to persevere and posted several real-time photos in succession.
Gu Ran was in a bad mood, so he just took a quick look and deleted all the photos.
Linda sent a text message to congratulate him, but Gu Ran just responded with a few perfunctory words.
Immediately afterwards, Evelin called, and Gu Ran hesitated for a moment, but still picked up the phone.
"Hi! Gu! You did a great job today! I'm so happy!"
"Thank you Evelyn." Gu Ran was already numb to this kind of licking greeting.
Evelin asked anxiously, “Come to Hayden Manor tonight? Can we… ride horses together?”
Gu Ran sighed, “No, Evelin, I’m not in the mood today.”
Evelin asked in astonishment, “What’s wrong? What happened?”
Gu Ran smiled and said, "Nothing, maybe I'm a little tired because I've played too many games recently."
“Oh…” Evelin’s voice was slightly disappointed, but she immediately said, “Then let’s not ride horses, let’s just come directly?”
Oh shit!
Evelyn, you are too direct...
Gu Ran hardened his heart, “Sorry, Evelin, I’m really not in the mood today.”
Evelin said disappointedly: “Okay, then you should have a good rest, and I will find you tomorrow.”
Gu Ran: ...
After hanging up the phone, Gu Ran sighed dejectedly.
It’s not that I’m tired of it, it’s just that I’m not in the mood after what happened with Xinghui.
As soon as I hung up the phone, the phone rang again.
Gu Ran didn't even check the caller ID and answered directly: "Didn't I tell you already? I'm really not in the mood today."
A sweet voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello? Mr. Gu Ran? I'm Gwyneth."
Gu Ran was stunned and said quickly: "Oh, sorry, hello, Ms. Paltrow."
Gwyneth chuckled, "Just call me Gwen! I'm already at Southampton Airport, I wonder if Mr. Gu Ran has time to pick me up?"
Damn, it happens just as it's said!
I'm not in the mood today!
However, I was just picking someone up and nothing else. What's more, the person I was picking up was the winner of the 71st Hollywood Film Awards. Even if she was the least famous Hollywood Film Award winner in history, she was still a film award winner. She came here with sincerity and flew here specially. Even if I was not in the mood, I should just pick her up.
Gu Ran immediately said: "Okay, wait a moment, I'll drive to pick you up now."
"Thank you, you are so nice, Mr. Gu Ran! I even brought you a gift, I think you will like it!"
"Oh, you're welcome. I'll be leaving now. We'll talk when we meet later."
"OK."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Ran couldn't help but think in his heart: After all, she is the queen of movies, her emotional intelligence is really high! Other female stars only give gifts when they are about to leave, but the queen of movies gives gifts as soon as they meet! Gu Ran then dressed neatly and drove to Southampton Airport.
In the VIP lounge of the airport, Gwyneth Paltrow was touching up her lip makeup in front of a makeup mirror. Beside her stood two female assistants carrying large and small bags, and two burly bodyguards in black suits and black sunglasses.
After all, she is a movie queen, so two assistants and two bodyguards are the basic configuration for her travel.
"Have you booked a hotel yet?"
"Yes, Gwen, the hotel is booked."
"Have you booked your return flight?"
"Huh? Gwen, you didn't say when you're going back."
"Do I need to tell you this?" Gwyneth frowned. "You don't think that I, an Oscar-winning actress, really have to kowtow and listen to a Chinese screenwriter's nonsense, do you? I'm just pretending. After all, this is the request of Marvel CEO Kevin, and I have to give him this face. I'm just going to meet with the Chinese screenwriter tonight and have a casual chat, and then we'll go our separate ways. We'll fly back to Beverly tomorrow morning."
"Okay, Gwen, I'll book you a return flight right away for tomorrow morning."
"Yeah." Gwyneth glanced at the two bodyguards again, "You two, be smart too. If that screenwriter wants to pull my hand and hug my waist or something, it will certainly not be convenient for me to shake him off. You have to help me stop him!"
"Yes! Gwen! Don't worry!" the two bodyguards assured in unison.
Gwyneth nodded in satisfaction, and then said irritably: "Why haven't you come yet..."
More than half an hour later.
Gwyneth, who was almost falling asleep, heard her cell phone ring.
Gwyneth immediately put on a smile that showed no falsehood. "Hello~ Mr. Gu Ran, are you here? No, no, no, I'm not anxious at all. Oh, okay, okay."
After hanging up the phone, Gwyneth was filled with resentment, "Houli Kete! He is too arrogant, isn't he? He actually said that it was inconvenient for him to show up in public and asked me, an Oscar-winning actress, to walk out of the airport by myself, while he waited for me in a Cayenne outside the airport! Isn't he just a behind-the-scenes screenwriter? Could it be that he is less convenient to show up than me, an Oscar-winning actress?"
The assistant next to him also echoed:
"This kid is too arrogant!"
"Gwen, don't give him the face, just let him come in and answer it! Otherwise we will never leave!"
"Isn't he just a small screenwriter? You really don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is!"
"...Forget it." Gwyneth quickly calmed down her irritable mood. "His hand-drawn scripts are really talented. I don't want to offend him and let him write me to death in the script."
Gwyneth put on a baseball cap and sunglasses, and covered her face with a scarf. "Keep a low profile. Don't let my fans find out it's me. I don't want to be discovered by tabloid reporters in a rural place like Southampton and have them write gossips about me."
"Yes! Gwen!"
Gwyneth Paltrow wiggled out of the airport's VIP lounge.
…
Some readers are concerned about whether the article will mention joining the national football team to play in the competition. The answer is clear: No.
The outline of this book is to jump three levels to transfer to a top club, win the Champions League, and then become brothers with Messi and Ronaldo.
I am confident that I can write about 100 Hollywood actresses, but I am not confident that I can write about a Chinese national football match...
The previous chapter was blocked twice because it was written too much. Only the confrontation with the agency was retained. It was only released reluctantly after major revisions to the entire chapter.
With this change, the emotional tension of the plot dropped a lot.
If I write about the Chinese national football match again, I will definitely not be able to control myself and curse even more harshly, and I will be banned even more severely.
So, I'd better keep the book first.
This book is expected to be over 3 million words.
The average subscription is still falling recently, and it seems there is no hope. But it doesn’t matter. Even if the average subscription drops to zero, it doesn’t matter. We will finish writing as usual, and we won’t leave it unfinished.
After all, I really am a serious author.
I am old now, and I have written more than 30 million words since I entered the industry. If I could be successful, I would have succeeded long ago. There are so many good authors and so many good books in the world, and I have to admit that I am ordinary. So I am not impatient, and I don’t want to learn from others or change my style. Good or bad, I have to finish the book to be a serious author.
I have many shortcomings, but I have a strong mentality.
PS: I felt a little uncomfortable after revising the book, so I complained a few more words, but now it’s okay.
(End of this chapter)