Chapter 3: Qin Lin

"Brother Lin, why did you choose to return to your hometown when you were thirty-eight years old and play for your hometown team?"
In the media hall of the Provincial Sports Center in Jincheng, the welcoming ceremony for the three new players by Anton Star Club is in progress.
Now it's the reporter's questioning session. The reporter whose name was raised by raising his hand almost throws the question to Qin Lin, the largest of the three new aids.
This can be seen from the microphones of all media being piled up in front of Qin Lin. But in front of Hu Lai and another new aid Xu Wentao, it seemed indifferent...
Faced with this problem, Qin Lin coughed, cleared his throat, and replied: "You just said'hometown', that's why. I'm from Andong and I'm from Jincheng. I'm from the echelon of the Xingcheng Club I started a football career, but I haven’t played a game for Anton’s professional football team. This has always been my regret. In fact, at the end of last year, the manager of Flash Star found me, I hope I can Come back and use my own experience to lead the growth of the young people of Shining Stars...I would also like to thank the South China Tiger Club. After understanding my wishes, they actively ended the remaining half-year contract with the club, allowing me to be free Come back to where your football dream started..."
When Qin Lin answered this question, Hu Lai was on his right hand, turning his head to keep his eyes on him for a long time, a little trance.
Because this person always makes him involuntarily think of another international in time and space. Although the two men are completely out of place, from name to place of origin, to age, and their career achievements are different, Hu Lai still feels that these two people are too similar, without him, their destiny is too similar.
In that space and time, Zheng Zhi, a Liaoning player born in 1980, was regarded as the only player in the darkest era of Chinese football who could handle it. It was the mainstay of the Chinese national team who did not take the hard support from the green and yellow. It was the only face of Chinese football. Although many people who do not care much about Chinese football and do not watch the game, I am afraid that this face is nonsense-does Chinese football have a face? But this is the case.
And in this time and space, Qin Lin, who was born in Jincheng, Andong Province in 1983, is also the only facade of the dark age of Chinese football.
After coming to this time and space, Hu Lai once learned about the situation of Chinese football in this time and space, knowing that although many details are different, the overall situation is no different from the time and space before he came-very Oops, it's all terrible, and have a dark time.
The difference is that the darkness of that time and space does not seem to be in sight, and this time and space is accompanied by the vigorous development of campus football and a series of practical reforms in other aspects.
In professional football in China, Qin Lin is recognized as the most professional player by all. His training is hard, his life is self-disciplined, his body is clean and he loves himself. There are few scandals. Carlos Leimen, the foreign head coach who coached the South China Tigers at that time, once commented on Qin Lin that he was not like a Chinese player, but more like a European player.
This was the highest evaluation of a professional player in the original Chinese football.
In fact, Qin Lin did indeed go to Europe to play football. Many of his training and living habits are also related to his overseas experience.
Five years in the European club has fully demonstrated that his strength has been recognized by European football. At the same time, his knowledge of playing in Europe has made him superior to other domestic players. He even took the Asian Footballer, which is the second Asian Footballer in the history of Chinese football.
But such a good player has not been able to fulfill the biggest longing of Chinese fans.
After playing for the first time in 2003 on behalf of the national team, he began a long journey to lead the Chinese team to the World Cup.
In the 2006 World Cup, 2010 World Cup, 2014 World Cup, and 2018 World Cup, he participated in four World Cup qualifiers, but none of them led the Chinese team to the World Cup finals successfully. During this process, he grew from a regular soldier of the national team to the captain of the national team, but he still failed to complete the goal of "rushing out of Asia to the world".
After the 2018 World Cup qualifier, he also participated in the 2019 Asian Cup as the captain of the national team. That was the last time he played in the national team jersey. The Chinese team finally won the fourth place. He was also considered to have completed the handover and took off his shirt. After losing in the Asian Cup third and fourth finals, he choked out and announced his retirement from the national team in an interview after the game. Apologize to the Chinese fans.
Why should I apologize?
Not because of losing a three or four finals. But because he joined the national team in 2003 and retired from the national team in 2019, he has not brought even a formal championship to Chinese football for a 16-year national team career. As an Asian footballer who had high hopes and strength, this result was really bitter.
The runner-up in the 2004 Asian Cup of Asia was his highest achievement in the national team career. Compared with his brilliant club results, his national team career is too bleak and too helpless.
Hu Lai stared at Qin Lin, always unconsciously overlapping him with another face in his memory.
Although the two of them only have the same position on the field, many places are different, but Hu Lai just thinks that Qin Lin may be Zheng Zhi's projection in this space-time...
From a personal emotional point of view, it is difficult for Hu Lai to treat Qin Lin and Zheng Zhi together. After all, they are the last big guys in Chinese football, and they are all veterans of the national football team. They all worked hard for Chinese football. Can only helplessly say goodbye.
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As a reporter for the sports section of the Anton TV station, Chen Jianyu is responsible for running all news related to the Star Club. As a reporter who has been in contact with them since the establishment of the Star, it is now a team reporter with the Star.
As a reporter with the team, he naturally has many privileges, and the news is more aura than other media reporters.
For example, Flash Star got Qin Lin's news, which he first disclosed on his social media account.
At that time, the Star Club had no official announcement yet, so he could be exposed in advance by "rumors".
Of course, based on his relationship with the Star Club, this approach of early exposure must have received the support of the Star Club, or some kind of acquiescence.
After all, Flash Star's performance in the Liga League this season is not very good, and it really needs such a message to boost morale and make everyone temporarily forget the scorched results.
Chen Jianyu, as a team reporter of Flash Star, did not rush to raise his hand to ask questions. He knew that as long as he raised his hand, he would definitely be named. He just wanted to observe more, and think about what questions he should ask.
Then his eyes were inevitably attracted by Hu Lai.
Because in this welcoming ceremony, the three new aid Chinese with the least seniority, the least reputation, and the weakest strength, Hu Lai actually lost his mind...
Is it because reporters are asking Qin Lin, so he is a bit boring?
Although those reporters who only have Qin Lin in their eyes are indeed a little rude, but you still have to do enough work? With such naked eyes drifting, everyone can see that your mind is not here.
Thinking of this, he decided to gently remind the youngest player, so he raised his hand.
Sure enough, as soon as he raised his hand, he was named by the news officer of the Star Club.
Chen Jianyu stood up, and then took the microphone from the staff, he found that Hu Lai still did not recover.
So he decided not to remind him euphemistically, just give him a lesson...
"This question is for this player..." He pointed to Hu Lai, "I would like to ask Hu Lai, as far as I know, as the best shooter and best player of last year's National High School Football Championship, you did not choose to join your hometown Team Stars, why did they choose to transfer to join Stars after a year and a half after going to the Poseidon youth team in the Super League?"
As soon as this question was asked, many people present turned their attention to Chen Jianyu who asked the question, because everyone felt his question... cutting edge.
Even the press officer who is very familiar with Chen Jianyu is a little bit panic-this should not be a question that should be asked by the team reporter Chen Jianyu who has cooperated with the club for many years.
For Hu Lai, an unknown pawn, he is not qualified to be targeted by the media.
Qin Lin who didn't need to answer the question just picked up the mineral water bottle and was about to take a sip of water. Hearing this reporter asked Hu Lai such a question. Although he didn't know Hu Lai, he could also feel it. The reporter's emotions, he did not move the bottle of mineral water unscrewed, but turned his head to look at Hu Lai.
Then he found that Hu Lai's eyes were empty and he did not respond to the reporter's question...
Obviously, he was distracted.
Dai Zetao hid in the last row of the news hall, where there was a row of cameras, and he was standing behind the cameras, looking like a cameraman.
He came in specifically to see Hu Lai.
When he saw this scene, he couldn't help bowing his head and covering his forehead.
He knew that Chen Jianyu was a celebrity as a well-known sports reporter in Andong Province. It is a celebrity, naturally has a personality and temper. This problem does not mean that Chen Jianyu and Hu Lai have any personal grievances-in fact, they did not even know before.
Then Chen Jianyu asked this question just because he couldn’t get used to the performance of Hu Lai just now-at the welcome ceremony specially prepared for them by the club, when the former national team captain, a generation of legendary Qin Lin answered questions, he was actually in It’s really too much to go by.
This big reporter should want to teach Hu Lai a lesson.
Poor Hu Lai, who just came to the club, did not make a good first impression on the team’s reporter...
Qin Lin didn't really think that the little player on his right hand was able to be distracted at the welcome ceremony, so he put his right hand under the table and poked Hu Lai quietly.
Hu Lai recovered, and then looked at Chen Jianyu, who was standing in the press seat and looking directly at him, and instantly understood what had happened.
Then he tried hard to recall what the reporter said just now, and he didn't hear everything else, so he remembered the last sentence: "Why did you choose to join the Stars?"
So his answer blurted out: "Of course it was because of Zhao's guidance. Zhao and I spent time with the Poseidon youth team, so as soon as Zhao called me, I came..."
Speaking of how he remembered how Qin Lin had answered a question similar to this, he quickly smiled and said, "I am also very happy to be able to play for my hometown team."
As for Chen Jianyu's real question, he actually didn't answer a word.
In the eyes of the questioner Chen Jianyu, how could this youngest player answer the question so smoothly? He talked about him, and he said some sounding nonsense, but he didn't touch the real core issue.
He was supposed to sit down after getting the answer, but Chen Jianyu actually let a 18-year-old kid pass such a fool, and was a little unwilling, so he asked before the news officer said: "You just seemed Distracted?"
He bluntly raised Hu Lai's gaffe just now.
Hu Lai scratched his head under the eyes of everyone, and said a little embarrassedly: "This... I never thought I could sit beside Lin Ge, so close to him, a little nervous... I didn’t dare to think before One day, I can be a teammate with Brother Lin. You know, I grew up watching Brother Lin play football..."
As soon as he came out, there was a burst of laughter at the scene.
The reporters were amused by Hu Lai's answer.
Even Chen Jianyu couldn't help but smiled and shook his head—Looking at Hu Lai, it was clearly a disturbed performance by a younger brother beside his idol, so it was normal to be distracted...
So he asked again: "So now how can you feel like idols?"
The sweeping of this question was offensive before, and it was a common step for both parties.
Hu Lai turned his head and glanced at Qin Lin, and Zheng Zhi's figure overlapped with it again.
"I still have a sense of unreality in my dreams. I'm afraid that my brother will disappear in the blink of an eye..."
"Ha ha ha ha!" The scene was another burst of laughter.
Even Qin Lin laughed, then passed his arm and said to Hu Lai: "You squeeze, it's warm."
Everyone present kept laughing.
Dai Zetao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene. Obviously, he was distracted at the welcome ceremony, saying it was an annoying stain, but now let him explain it in such a way that it has turned into a humble, humorous and lovely advantage.
He couldn't help but want to give Hu Lai a thumbs up.
At the same time, although I haven't seen it for a year and a half, today this Hu Lai and the boy he saw at the national competition did not seem to have changed much, and it is still so interesting. What happened to the Poseidon youth team does not seem to affect him, but it is really good...
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The reporter meeting is over, and there will be a fan meeting next.
However, before this, the three newly joined players returned to the lounge, UU reading www.uukanshu.com took a short break.
At this point, there was no one else in the room except the three of them.
It was only then that Qin Lin smiled and said to Hu Lai: "The excuses I just found at the press conference were good, which perfectly solved a crisis."
Hu Lai shook his head seriously: "That's no excuse, Brother Lin. I really watched you grow up playing football."
After he finished, he took out a pen and paper from his backpack and handed it to Qin Lin: "Brother Lin gave me a name!"
Qin Lin was laughed and laughed by Hu Lai: "This is the first time I saw a teammate looking for me to sign..."
He said so in his mouth, but he still took the pen, wrote his name on the paper, and returned it to Hu Lai.
Thirty-year-old Xu Wentao saw this scene next to her. Some envy Hu Lai could even use such a small means to brush up in front of Qin Lin: Why didn’t I think of using the stalk that grew up watching Lin Ge play football? What?
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