Chapter 70 Chinese Journalists (1)
Li Tie is an excellent midfielder who was selected twice for the Chinese national team coached by Milutinovic. In mid-July 2002, he transferred to the Premier League Everton on loan.
After Sun Jihai, another Chinese player landed in the Premier League, which made domestic fans excited, so various media immediately sent reporters to Liverpool, England to follow up on Li Tie's life and league situation for a long time. This kind of news is also very popular among fans.
Li Tie is 26 years old this year, and is in his prime. Domestic fans and media are very optimistic about his prospects in Everton. But disappointingly, he is not valued this season. Last season, Li Tie played 29 times but did not score a goal, which made head coach Moyes not trust him at all. In the first 24 rounds of the Premier League this season, he only played as a substitute twice and had almost no performance. His decline also implicated the journalists based in Liverpool.
Xue Tao is the reporter of Sports Weekly based in Liverpool.
He had just worked as an intern reporter at Sports Weekly for less than a year when the company sent him to the UK. He thought his career would be smooth sailing, but after coming here, he realized that imagination is often very different from reality.
Li Tie simply cannot play and is just a super bench man in Everton. Most of the time he doesn't even have a chance to sit on the bench. What kind of news should the media write and send back to the headquarters?
Other domestic reporters had even given up on Li Tie. They would rather go to Manchester and steal their colleagues' jobs than stay here and waste their time. But Xue Tao couldn't go. He was still a newcomer. There were only two reporters stationed in the UK by the Sports Weekly, him and his boss, Lao Zhao. He was asked to steal Lao Zhao's job? Did he want to be fired?
More than 20 days ago, he happened to see a popular "perfect hook shot" video on the Internet, and saw the boy with a very "oriental" appearance. After carefully checking the information for a long time, he found out that this boy was the best new star of the newly promoted team Wolverhampton this year.
Wang? ? This is a Chinese surname, right?
The alert Xue Tao noticed this immediately, and by observing the photo and name, he came to a conclusion—this was a mixed-race child with Chinese ancestry!
He immediately searched for Wang Li's detailed information on various websites:
, 16 years and 334 days old, English, No. 99 of Wolverhampton, forward, 6 Premier League appearances, 9 goals, father Hai Wang, an overseas Chinese from China, mother Elise Tina, English, professional commentator Kedel's evaluation: Alan Wang is one of the best emerging technical forwards in England, a super genius of England, he has very comprehensive abilities, but his awareness of the overall situation is still a little immature, but his outstanding personal abilities can fully make up for this, he is the most ideal successor to Michael Owen.
Alan's father is an overseas Chinese from China!
Xue Tao felt that he had found a great news channel, which was definitely a virgin land that had not been developed by the domestic news industry! "The history of a Chinese overseas Chinese in the Premier League", this title would definitely sell very well!
So, the excited Xue Tao immediately set off for Wolverhampton and caught up with the match between Wolverhampton and Leeds United at Molineux Stadium, but he did not see Wang Li appear. After asking the fans next to him, he learned that Wang Li had injured his foot in the previous game and needed to rest for a month.
"It's really a long time before good things come to pass." Xue Tao said with some emotion. However, he was not discouraged. From that day on, he had been paying attention to the relevant information and competition situation of Wolverhampton. Xue Tao believed that this was definitely an opportunity that could not be missed!
Today, in the match between Wolverhampton and Portsmouth, he finally saw this black-haired boy on the field again! He played as a substitute for 45 minutes, made one assist and one goal, and was the best player of the game. He is indeed a super genius of England! This made Xue Tao feel a little emotional. Why can't such a genius be produced in China? However, thinking of the chaos in the domestic league, he was somewhat relieved.
After watching the game, he immediately rushed to Wolverhampton and wanted to interview Wang Li specifically. He was ready to face all difficulties!
Unfortunately, Wang Li and the others were not at the club at all, so he could only return home disappointed...
After the game, Wang Li, Harrison, Miller and other good friends went directly to the Forest Bar. Harrison promised to treat them after scoring a goal. They were all very enthusiastic about such good things as free food and drinks.
Only Harrison had a bitter face and kept complaining: "Alan, I mean to invite only you!"
However, this statement was collectively ignored by everyone.
"Harry, I heard that you found a girlfriend and you seem to be dating. Why don't you introduce her to us?" Miller raised his glass and joked with a sly smile on his face.
When this was mentioned, Harrison's face immediately turned red and he began to stammer, "That's not the case. How could that be?" As he spoke, he looked away, obviously having something to hide.
"Then why didn't you go back to the dormitory these days?" Wang Li asked as a supplement.
“This, this…”
"Don't be shy. It's not shameful to have a girlfriend. Harry, you finally lost your virginity. Let's have a drink to this!" Pete raised his glass and said with a smile, and drank it first.
"Come on, cheers to Harrison's virginity!" Miller said loudly with a wicked grin.
Harrison immediately stood up and anxiously covered Miller's mouth. He didn't want such things of his to be discussed in public.
At this time, the people sitting around the table felt something was wrong, and then they saw everyone in the bar gathering around them.
"It's Alan! Oh my God!"
"Yes, it's Alan."
"And Harrelson and Miller!"
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"Allen, please give me an autograph!" A quick-witted fan immediately came over to ask for an autograph. Others also reacted and rushed over, "And mine, mine..."
Looking at the fans who flocked to the event, Wang Li could only sign autographs for them one by one. There was even a beautiful fan who asked Wang Li to sign her bra, which made him very embarrassed. In the end, he still fulfilled the fan's wish with a blushing face.
"This is my phone number. I'm home alone tonight." As she said this, the beautiful fan's eyes suddenly shot out a flash of light. Before leaving, she stuffed him a note... This made Miller and others who were also signing nearby look at him with a sly smile.
There were not many people in the Forest Bar in the afternoon. After getting the autographs, the fans returned to their seats. They also understood the hard work of the players and would not take up too much of their time.
Finally, it was the last fan's turn. He took out a magazine and asked Wang Li to sign it.
Seeing the four big Chinese characters "Sports Weekly", Wang Li was stunned for a moment, then he looked up at the fan who was looking for his autograph.
"Are you Chinese?" Wang asked in Chinese.
At this time, Xue Tao was very excited. He had originally come to the Forest Bar just to have some fun, but he didn't expect to meet this talented player here, and his Chinese was so standard!
"Yes, hello, Alan Wang, may I know your Chinese name?" Xue Tao suppressed his excitement and asked immediately. He knew that if he wanted to do an exclusive interview, he had to establish a good relationship first.
"My name is Wang Li. Hello, are you a football fan too? Are you coming to Wolverhampton to study abroad or...?"
"You saw it too." Xue Tao shook the magazine in his hand. "I'm a reporter from Sports Weekly. I came to Wolverhampton this time just to interview you. You performed very well in the Premier League."
After hearing this, Wang Li felt a little happy, but also a little confused. Could it be that his fame had spread to faraway China? Otherwise, how could he explain this to the reporter in front of him?
"Come, sit here and talk slowly. I'll introduce my teammates to you." It was a rare opportunity to meet Chinese people, and Wang Li was in a very good mood, so he invited them.
Miller and his friends were also very interested when they heard that Xue Tao was a reporter from mysterious China.
“How many thousand miles is the Great Wall of China really?”
"Do you have a book called "The Story of Three Women and 105 Men"? It's very famous?"
"Oh, and there's also 'The Story of a Man and a Group of Women'?"
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