Chapter 461: Storm of a book

In late November, Liverpool.
Aldrich sat on the floor in the hall of the mansion, with soft carpet on the floor, and a soft quilt under his butt. He watched the game video on the TV with the remote control in hand. In front of him, almost four Month-old Burt and Earl were 14 centimeters taller at birth and more than doubled their weight.
The two little guys are wearing small and cute baby shirts, and Burt is playing with big blocks. Whenever he intends to put the blocks in his mouth, Aldridge will stop him with a smile, and then make a prohibition gesture to him. Sometimes, he would talk to him for a long story, although Burt couldn't understand it, and he would still try to bite the building blocks over and over again. Aldridge didn't get bored to repeat this kind of behavior.
Earl sat looking curiously in front of him, not as active as Burt, but a pair of small eyes seemed to radiate smart light, especially watching the video of the football game on TV, he seemed more interested than Aldridge.
During FIFA match day, Aldridge gave the team a few days off, which can be regarded as a praise for the team’s exceptional performance since the start of the new season. Of course, this is for players who do not have the task of the national team.
He came to Liverpool as a full-time dad. During his time with his son, he watched some videos of the national team's games at home and studied the skills and tactics of the teams he was interested in.
The England national team performed poorly in the European Cup qualifiers in 2000 and needed to qualify for tickets through the play-offs. In the just-finished play-offs, Scholes became a national team hero and scored two goals to help England. The team locked in the qualification for promotion.
The whole country is jubilant, this is a seemingly normal situation at first glance, but if we think back to England’s attack on Hoddle at the end of the qualifier group stage, and the pressure of public opinion on the poor performance of the national team, now the celebration, It's just a relief catharsis.
According to Aldrich’s guess, within a week, the media’s tone will change immediately, and continue to criticize Hoddle and this national team. The arrogant British, the birthplace of modern football, is so determined by such a citizen Every time it is the national team of the World Cup European Cup to win the championship, how can it be reduced to the point of playing the playoffs? !
Aldridge turned off the TV and took away the building blocks from Burt. Burt didn’t cry. He just reached out and asked Aldrich for it. Aldrich didn’t give it back to him. He turned his back on him and turned his attention to others. thing.
He picked up his two sons and let them sit in a double stroller. He was ready to go out and took the two sons for a walk to let them feel the breath of dusk.
There is a common mistake in common sense. People say that the air quality is the best in the early morning. In fact, it is the evening when the air quality is the best.
As Aldridge was about to go out, the doorbell rang, and he opened the door and found that it was Carter.
"How did you come?"
"I'm talking about business here in Liverpool, and the negotiation ended half a day earlier than expected, so come over to visit you and look at these two little guys by the way."
Carter came with a gift. An exquisite wind chime made of colorful metal thin tubes. It made a pleasant and clear sound when colliding. It sounded a bit wonderful.
"The salesman said that the stimulation of light and shadow reflection of this wind chime according to different colors will be very beneficial to the baby's intellectual development. I don't know whether it is effective. Let me give it to Burt and Earl as a decoration. "
"Thank you."
Aldridge accepted the gift and went back to the house and hung it on the bed of Burt and Earl.
In the beautiful park nearby, Aldridge strolled side by side with Carter, and the two chatted about life trivia, just like the general public.
"Oh, by the way, I will send you this book. I just finished reading it, and I think it has no collection value. I will give it to you as a pastime."
Carter took out a book from his briefcase and handed it to Aldridge.
Before seeing the cover of the book, Aldridge sneered: "You think it has no collection value, and give it to me?"
"A book written by England national team coach Glenn Hoddle, are you not interested in reading it?"
"Autobiography? It is estimated that there are some clichés, and I'm really not interested."
Aldridge sneered.
He has seen the autobiography of many stars or coaches, most of them are the same, of course, not the content of the book, but the content of the book.
Basically, it is to review the career, and then in order to attract readers, deliberately broke some scandals or secrets.
But in the pervasive environment of British paparazzi, there are basically no secrets at all.
For example, when a star retired and disclosed the secret stories of ten years ago in his autobiography, in fact there must have been news hype at that time. The autobiography is nothing more than a positive response to confirm the outside world's conjecture or denial.
Aldridge in the previous life also followed Beckham's autobiography, and the well-selling "My Story" has not yet arrived, but he has no interest at all, not because he is closer than in the previous life. Beckham knows Beckham better, but instead he feels that he was being fooled in his previous life. That autobiography is purely using fans' "idol worship psychology" to make money. The previous and postscript invite Brian Robson respectively. Coming with Piero to tout Beckham, the content of the story tirelessly writes every international game of Beckham. To be honest, can't the fans themselves watch the game video? Need to read the text description? The only readability is perhaps the process of popular psychology, peeping into the privacy of celebrities, and understanding how Beckham and Victoria combined.
But there are also books about the deeds of the stars that Aldrich highly admires. For example, in his life, he read Maradona's "Hand of God". Carter is also a fan of Maradona. There were also more than 3 hours of discussion.
In addition to philosophical words and poetic descriptions, this book explores Maradona’s life, especially its protracted cold war with FIFA, as well as his personal grudges with Avilandre. At the same time, You can also learn about Maradona's sinking path.
In a sense, the connotation of this book has surpassed the star biography itself, and it is more profound to expose the dark side of society.
This book has also been on the first row of Aldridge's bookshelf.
Aldridge single-handed cart and looked down at the book with the other hand.
Glenn Hoddle: "The 1998 World Cup Story"
Carter suddenly said, "Are you surprised?"
"and many more."
Aldridge finished and read the eye book again: £17.99!
He exclaimed suddenly: "Hodel is crazy!"
"Huh? You didn't read anything."
"This book looks at the title and the selling price. Haha, if Hoddle doesn't make some sensational news in the book, the publisher will sign a contract with him? Who will buy his book?"
Carter smiled and couldn't help but gave thumbs up to Aldridge, Aldridge's inference was correct.
For a penny or a penny, the price of this book is much higher than the prices of other stars or coach publications. Hoddle itself has no great achievements, and he dares to sell "high prices", which is naturally the material in the book.
"This book is very readable, but after reading it once, I don't want to read it a second time, so it has no collection value."
Carter's words really interested Aldridge.
"Since you have seen it, tell me roughly."
"Oh, well, in fact, this book is full of secrets about the national team players, such as why Andy Cole has performed so well at Manchester United in the past two years, but he has not been appreciated by Hoddle. Scone was furiously angry at the hotel when he learned that he had lost..."
Aldridge has been listening to Carter telling him about the book. The two had dinner in a nearby restaurant, and they didn’t get a general idea of ​​the book until the evening.
Aldrich lay quietly in bed after returning home to coax his two sons to sleep.
I don't know what kind of nerve Hoddle is.
A large number of secret stories of members of the England national team were revealed at once.
This book is bound to sell well, but Hoddle has become a traitor!
Even if the members of the national team have not disclosed his privacy, but with this written world, who can be honest with Hodel? Do not be cautious in front of him? What I said today or some actions might be the material of Hoddle's next publication.
Why exactly?
Is it because Hoddle leads the team's poor record, knowing that there is not much time, so while still in place, can it attract the public's attention and make a lot of money?
He must be able to get a generous reward from the publisher.
Aldridge couldn't figure it out.
Many well-known publishing houses in Europe have also invited manuscripts every day, hoping that Aldridge can write an autobiography to publish, even if it is to make money, and write a boring autobiography, but Aldridge has always refused.
The brain is tired, sleepy, and asleep...
The question that puzzled Aldridge did not get an answer in the future, but Carter really ignored a detail that quickly caused an uproar when he read this book.
In addition to the secrets of many British feet, Hoddle also published his opinion on the disabled in the book, thinking that it was their destiny to repay debts in this lifetime.
When Aldridge woke up and sent his two sons to Melanie's parents' house, he boarded a plane back to London. Just as he got off the plane, a storm kicked off.
Today’s training will start relatively late, because it is necessary to take into account the national team schedule of some players. Maybe the country is not far from London, but if the national team goes to play an away match, especially if they go to a non-European country, the return time is It will be later.
In the morning, the coaching staff will have a short meeting. Aldrich came to the club conference room at the time. I saw that the other coaches were already there, and they watched the TV news intently.
"Is there any news?"
Aldrich pressed Boas on one hand, and Boas looked up to see him, and then pointed to the TV and said: "A large number of people protested outside the FA Football Headquarters and asked Hoddle to leave immediately!"
"Ah?! So fast!"
Aldrich had guessed the bad influence of the book. He thought that even the bad results would take some time to ferment, but he did not expect the storm to come.
Everyone was paying attention to the news, and Aldridge did not want to disappoint, so he sat down to watch the BBC live report.
If the public sees the secret news of the stars, it is because they watch the lively pictures of Le Zitu, and it is impossible to cause large-scale protests.
But Hoddle's fateful reincarnation view angered the people, especially those with disabilities among relatives and friends.
The incident became louder and louder, and finally the British Prime Minister was alarmed and stood up to criticize Hoddle bluntly.
The FA is under pressure to announce that Hoddle is out of class.
Half a year before the opening of the European Cup in 2000, the England national team has no coach!