champion godfather

Chapter 1031
2019 1 Month 1 Day.

On this day, Nottingham Forest sent off a person and welcomed another person.

Nottingham Forest announced the release of the 34-year-old Brazilian centre-back Thiago Silva from his contract. He will freely join the Brazilian team Vasco da Gama, where he plans to end his career.

Silva left the club in the morning, and in the afternoon the team ushered in their only introduction of this winter transfer period - midfielder Chen Jian from the Spaniard.

"There are only reporters, no fans, and most of them are Chinese reporters... This is different from the future I planned for you, Jian." Sitting in the Ford car that the club specially came to pick them up, Xia Yang was looking out the window Those media told Chen Jian.

"The boss told me that the meeting with the fans should be held before the FA Cup match. As for the reporters...the reporters in England are all waiting to see my jokes." Chen Jian also turned his head and looked out the window. One by one oriental faces.

Although Nottingham Forest's current ranking in the league is not as good as the Spaniards, they are also a veteran team that has won the European Champions Cup five times. His transfer here has attracted domestic attention.Just from the interview badges on the chests of those reporters, he could see several familiar signs.

Chen Jian was used to all this.He is not the unknown guy who went to England and no one paid attention to him.Now he is the number one star of the Chinese team, and such treatment is normal.Chinese fans still have fantasies, even though they are already very realistic.One Chen Jian can already make them very happy.

"You can take it easy." Xia Yang muttered.The domestic reaction has eased his dissatisfaction a little. Looking at the domestic reporters in front of him, it is obvious that Chen Jian joined Nottingham Forest with a record transfer value of 900 million pounds for Chinese professional players, which aroused strong domestic controversy. repercussions.

In fact, 900 million was for outsiders to hear, but it was actually 1000 million, but 100 million went into Xia Yang's own pocket.

In this negotiation, Evan personally took the initiative and cut the price from the initial 2000 million to 900 million.If Chen Jian hadn't made up his mind to go, the Spaniards wouldn't want to sell it at this price.

"But it's not too bad. England is the birthplace of the paparazzi. The media industry here is very developed. You can get more attention when you play here..." Xia Yang, as an agent, naturally learned from his Look at this transfer from a different perspective.As for things on the court, he can't make the decision, so he doesn't think about it.

While speaking, the car stopped at the entrance of the Crimson Stadium.It was already full of media from China.

When Chen Jian got out of the car, the flashing lights went on.But he didn't stay long, and walked straight into the press conference hall inside.

In the background, he saw club chairman Evan Dougherty and team head coach Tony Twain.

"Welcome to Nottingham Forest, Chen." As the chairman of the club, Evan Daugherty was the first to welcome Chen Jian. He extended his hand to shake Chen Jian's hand.

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."

Chen Jian's performance was neither humble nor overbearing.

Evan knew that the protagonist of this occasion was not him, but the person behind him.So he gave up the stage without saying anything to Chen Jian.He went to see how the preparations for the press conference were going.

"After a circle, you still came to the forest, Chen Jian." Tang En said to Chen Jian in English.

"Joining the forest team has always been my dream." Chen Jian also replied in English.

"first dreams?"

"initial."

Tang En laughed and stretched out his hand. Chen Jian thought he was going to shake hands with him, but unexpectedly, Tang En just patted him on the shoulder heavily.

"I hope Nottingham Forest can be the last game of your career."

Chen Jian thought about it, retiring at Nottingham Forest...seems like a pretty good thing.He nodded: "I hope too."

"What do you think of the team's results? I remember some media saying that Nottingham Forest's league ranking is not even comparable to the Spaniards." Tang En asked again. "There are also media criticisms that you made this transfer only for money."

Nottingham Forest's weekly salary to Chen Jian must be higher than his salary in Spain, which is normal.Given Chen Jian's current age and state, if he would get less money from his original employer if he switched jobs, then why would he want to quit?However, the Spaniard has never raised Chen Jian's salary. As the main player of the Spaniard team, Chen Jian still has the salary he originally transferred from the Eredivisie League. His salary level is only in the middle of the team.It is not unreasonable for Xia Yang to want Chen Jian to leave the Spaniard.This salary does not match Chen Jian's contribution.

The Spaniards probably thought that the labor force in China was cheap... It's just that Xia Yang was smarter than they thought.

"I'm looking at the future." Chen Jian avoided the topic of "money".He wasn't lying either.Compared with that little weekly salary, being able to get the opportunity to participate in European competitions at Nottingham Forest is what Chen Jian most desires.As a professional player, if you want to ask him what is his biggest regret now, it is not that he has not won any championship titles, but that he has never participated in European competitions. This is the case in Spain and the Netherlands.He is eager to participate in the European Champions Cup and Europa League, which represent the highest level.

"The future..."

Tang En did not continue to ask.He and Chen Jian were sitting in the background, quietly waiting to appear.

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Evan Dalgety welcomed Chen Jian's arrival on behalf of the club, and then Chen Jian walked out from behind the background advertising board under the attention of the Chinese media.

It was not as lively as when the big-name players joined. The press conference hall was not even half full. Most of the media were from China, and the rest of the English media were from Nottingham.However, Chen Jian's gaze didn't stop there. He glanced at it, shook hands with Evan Dalgety and Tony Twain, and stood in front of the microphone prepared for him.

"I am very happy to join the team that developed me. It has always been my dream to wear the Nottingham Forest jersey."

Basically, many newly joined players will say this.

Example: "I've wanted to play for Real Madrid since I was a kid."

"Joining AC Milan is my highest dream."

"I've always been a Barcelona fan..."

"It's an honor to play for Inter Milan."

……

And so on, that's the standard template.All the players had to do was swap out the club's name.

Therefore, none of the media present took Chen Jian's words seriously, even though they all knew that Chen Jian was really from the Nottingham Forest youth team.

During the free time for the media to ask questions, a local Nottingham media immediately stood up and asked: "Nottingham Forest is currently not ranked well, do you feel the pressure?"

"I hope that through my own efforts, I can contribute to the improvement of the team's ranking." Chen Jian's answer was watertight and mature.

The local media in Nottingham are concerned about whether Chen Jian's arrival can really strengthen the team, while the Chinese media only care about whether Chen Jian can play in this team.

The CCTV5 reporter stood up and asked, "You have similar technical characteristics to George Wood. Before you joined the team, did Coach Tony Twain promise you anything?" He asked the question in Chinese.

Tang En heard these words, and he grabbed the microphone and answered instead of Chen Jian: "Of course you will know when the game is over. Right now, Chen Jian and I will not answer questions about tactics. Thank you for your cooperation."

When Chen Jian heard what Tang En said, he just smiled and didn't add anything.

This disappointed many Chinese media.If the question they are most concerned about is not asked, the press conference will be meaningless.

Since there is no fan meeting ceremony, the press conference is very brief.After the media finished asking their own questions one after another, Chen Jian and Tang En pulled up a red Nottingham Forest jersey and showed it to the reporters.Chen Jian's surname "CHEN" and number "14" were printed on it.

If nothing else, this jersey will accompany him through five seasons with the Forest team, when he will be 33 years old.If he hopes to retire in the Forest team, then he has to show a better state to conquer the picky coach.

Standing in front of the cameras of the reporters, Tang En and Chen Jian both had smiles on their faces, but they were not bright.They all know that this is just the starting point, not the end point where they can take a long breath.

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"Chen Jian joined the big player in the Champions League and is known as Wood's successor!"

This is the sports news headline of the most famous portal in China.What looks good is not the text below the title, but the comments below the text.

"Shanxi netizen: Don't be funny! Still 'Wood's successor'? Are you this reporter Chen Jian's father?"

"Sichuan netizen: Sichuan netizen sent a congratulatory message, congratulating Mu Mu on finding a successor!"

"BJ netizen: Another headline party. What kind of spirit is it to stick to the headline party for more than 20 years... sick!"

"Tianjin netizen: 'Chen Jian, when will you become Wood's successor?' 'Tomorrow, tomorrow!'"

"Sichuan netizen: Why can't Ah Jian be Wood's successor? I think it's quite suitable... I believe Tony bought him for the same purpose, right?"

"Chongqing netizen: Gua Wazi upstairs, our captain can play until he is 40 years old, can Chen Jian? After he retires, the captain is still playing!"

"Shanghai netizen: Ah, I won't see Ah Jian in the future Barcelona derby..."

"Zhejiang netizen: Shouldn't Basha be happy? Look at their performance at the Espanyol's home court in the past few years, it's really horrible~~"

"Hubei netizen: Die the yellow dog!"

……

"This is really interesting. The news about you can be related to the grievances of other clubs."

In the hotel room where he temporarily stayed in Nottingham, Chen Jian was preparing to write an article for the portal's blog through the Internet.

Xia Yang was watching the relevant news on the website.This sentence is exactly what he felt after reading the comments.

It was Xia Yang who helped him get in touch with this website at the beginning, and opened a special blog to gather popularity for him.Still, the site's headlines are tasteless.

"I don't remember saying that I am Wood's successor at the press conference." Chen Jian looked at Xia Yang.

"Then publish an article on the blog to refute it, just to use this to further increase popularity."

"You arranged it, Uncle Xia?"

Xia Yang spread his hands.

"You are called 'George Wood' in Spaniards. This has long been spread in China, and people who are interested will naturally think of it."

Later, Chen Jian wrote about the news conference of his joining the team on his blog, and also explained why the website sports news said that he was Wood's successor.He said that he is not Wood's successor, and no one has said such a thing. The Chinese reporter must have misunderstood it.

The original blog post title was "Finally fulfilling the original dream!"

This was originally a very inspirational title, but nothing new, but the editor of the portal website changed it to "I am not Wood II, I want to be Chen Jian I!"

The click rate and comments came in like a flood, of course, there were also a lot of scolding...

The next day, Chen Jian told his agent that he would stop blogging on this website after the contract with the website expired.Xia Yang shrugged: "You are a public figure, every word you say may be distorted by the media with ulterior motives."

"So I will keep silent in the future." Chen Jian said with a serious face, "I only show myself on the court, and any media invitations for blogs and columns have been rejected!"

Xia Yang agreed with his mouth, but he was thinking in his heart: You can't refuse all forms of interviews, can you, Jian?You must know that the media makes a living by playing with words and pens, you have to get used to it...

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The next day, Xia Yang went to find a house for Chen Jian, while Chen Jian went to Wilford to report and participate in training normally.On the training ground, George Wood, as the captain, welcomed the new teammate on behalf of the whole team.As players of the Forest team, they are no strangers to this former teammate who walked out of the Forest team.

Without Thiago Silva, Dunn subdued Balotelli again, and now the atmosphere within the team is very harmonious.Chen Jian did not experience any difficulties.

Fortunately, the influence of Chinese online media is only limited to China. Otherwise, if the Nottingham Forest teammates know what happened on the Chinese Internet two days ago, I really don’t know what they will think of their new teammate... …How can there be a fool who provokes the authority of the captain just after joining the team and wants to replace him?

So, these unqualified online media in China are not doing enough, and doing more than they are doing.In order to attract attention, they don't even want their faces. Plagiarism, fabricating fake news, and playing around the edges are commonplace, let alone a mere means of distorting the original text?

Anyway, Chen Jian started his new life in Nottingham Forest.Four years later, he finally got his wish and put on the Nottingham Forest jersey, and will represent the Forest team everywhere.A few years later, I believe that in the history of Nottingham Forest Club, the names of two Chinese people will definitely be recorded.Their appearance cannot change the status quo of Chinese football's backwardness, but at least in another place, it has given many heartbroken Chinese fans a little comfort.

(End of this chapter)