Chapter 3: Catfish

The same as the last training in Shanhai Feiyu Island, this time the training in Hongfengling, you also need to sign in at the special sign-in office.
When everyone lined up to sign in there, Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, and Luo Kai appeared in their field of vision.
Suddenly Hu Lai became the focus and center of everyone.
Chen Xingyi, who arrived earlier than them, took the lead to greet him, and then saw Luo Kai next to him: "Why did the three of you come together?"
"We are all on the same plane." Wang Guangwei explained the reason again.
"Hi, I forgot that Luo Kai was also from Dongchuan!" Chen Xingyi patted his forehead.
Hu Lai said to Wang Guangwei: "You see, I am not alone in making this kind of mistake, right?"
Guo Junfu and Liu Yan walked up and stretched out one hand to the left and the other to pat Hu Lai's shoulder: "Come on!"
Hu Lai greeted them quickly: "Here is here, are you here early?"
"I just came here, I was queuing to sign in..."
Then everyone flocked to Hu Lai towards the sign-in desk.
The leader of the Olympic team Ran Jiachang is already there waiting for them.
Seeing Hu Lai coming, I greeted him with a happily smile, and then gave him a thumbs up: "The FA Cup finals played beautifully!"
Everyone has watched the Football Association Cup matches, and even if they didn't see it, they knew Hu Lai's performance from the news.
In addition, they must all know the grudge between Hu Lai and Wang Xianke.
However, as the leader of the Olympic team, Ran Jiachang did not show his alienation from Hu Lai. Instead, he was as enthusiastic as before. He came to An Hu Lai with a hearty smile and compliments, and euphemistically told him that the Olympic team is here. Support him.
Hu Lixin was worried that Hu Lai's practice of angering Wang Xianke without evidence would cause him some troubles.
But he really underestimated the status of Hu Lai in the hearts of many football players.
An anti-Korean hero, a young genius who may help the Olympic team participate in the Olympics, a man who can score 30 goals in a single season in the Chinese League, and fools can see that the future is boundless, just because with a The head coach of the Chinese Super League team wants to block him in a war of words?
Is the team brain flooded by the senior level of the Football Association?
Perhaps in the era when Hu Lixin was young, this possibility still existed.
But now that the Football Association has been cracked down by multi-departmental joint law enforcement, there can still be such a figure covering the sky with one hand. It really seems that I have never been in jail and want to go in and experience it.
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Taking Hu Lai’s performance in various competitions in the year 2023, saying that he is the top star of the Olympic team, no one will express dissatisfaction or dissent at all.
So when Lin Zhiyuan showed up at the check-in point with his suitcase and backpack on his back, what he saw was Hu Lai being crowded in the middle, like stars holding the moon.
He remembered the old Uncle Qiu's repeated instructions to him in the car, so he grinned and walked up to the group of people.
His tall and strong figure quickly attracted the attention of the group.
"Are you Hu Lai?" Lin Zhiyuan asked after walking to Hu Lai, looking down at him.
"I'm Hu Lai, are you?" Hu Lai looked up at him.
"I am Lin Zhiyuan."
There was a confused look on Hu Lai's face.
Seeing him like this, Chen Xingyi arched the fire next to him and said, "Hey, that's the genius goalkeeper who said you are only so high!"
He also compared his calf with his hand.
Lin Zhiyuan ignored Chen Xingyi's jealous provocation, he continued to look at Hu Lai.
When Hu Lai heard this, his face showed a daze: "Oh oh oh, it's you!"
Others also reacted, thinking of the grievances between Lin Zhiyuan and Hu Lai. They were originally not familiar with Lin Zhiyuan, but they knew and were familiar with Hu Lai, and they would pay more attention to Hu Lai's affairs. So when Lin Zhiyuan joined the South China Tigers, after saying that he knew it was against Hu Lai, everyone also knew about Lin Zhiyuan by the way.
After thinking about it, many people looked at Lin Zhiyuan and their eyes were not so friendly.
Hu Lai’s strength is obvious to all. After your kid said something like that, he still had the face to run over. Why? Is it provoking?
Coupled with Lin Zhiyuan's training background in Germany, many people were a little concerned, thinking that this kid is a banana man, not the same as us.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little tense.
At this moment, a big man squeezed in from the crowd, it was the team's forward Tan Yunlong. He and Lin Zhiyuan both play in the South China Tigers Club.
After he squeezed in, he quickly apologized to everyone: "Sorry, sorry, Zhiyuan has this character... He has been scolded many times in our team, but he just can't control his mouth... Hu Lai, don't you General knowledge with this stupid guy..."
After speaking, he pulled Lin Zhiyuan's arm vigorously, and shouted, "What are you doing! What are you newcomer doing here? When Hu Lai first came to our team, he didn't do it like you did..."
It's okay for him not to say this. When he said that, everyone around him looked at Hu Lai with weird expressions.
Guo Junfu murmured beside him: "It seems that Hu Lai was even more embarrassed..."
Everyone remembered how Hu Lai sat at the table in the Red Maple Ridge restaurant, and then other Olympic team players ran over to greet him, and surrounded him.
It's almost like the scene in the movie "The Godfather".
Tan Yunlong was also a little embarrassed.
Lin Zhiyuan turned around and said to Tan Yunlong: "Brother Tan, don't say I'm a stupid big man next time, you are also a big man, didn't you even scold yourself together?"
"You..." Tan Yunlong was angry.
The other Olympic team players laughed, and the tension that had been there before disappeared a lot.
In the laughter, Lin Zhiyuan turned around and continued to look at Hu Lai and said: "I saw your performance in the FA Cup. You are really good. But it also makes me look forward to the next Chinese Super League. I will play I defeated you and prevented you from scoring a goal."
Hu Lai opened his hands: "Why wait until next season. In the Olympic team training, there will be shooting training and group games?"
"The performance in training is not counted." Lin Zhiyuan waved his hand, curling his lips.
"I also think the performance in training is not counted, but are you sure you will be able to compete in the South China Tigers next season?"
"I have this confidence." Lin Zhiyuan said boldly.
Seeing him like this, Hu Lai also nodded: "Okay, we will see you in the Super League then!"
Lin Zhiyuan, who got Hu Lai's answer, grinned: "A word is settled!"
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Ran Jiachang said to Shi Wuyin next to him: "Is it really okay not to interfere?"
Shi Wuyin had come before, and he saw the whole process of this incident completely beside him, and he stopped Ran Jiachang when he wanted to intervene.
"It's not necessary at all, Lao Ran. Isn't that good? They have solved their internal affairs internally. Can they be solved now? And Lao Ran, do you know why I recruited Lin Zhiyuan?"
"Isn't it because he helped the team win the Chinese Super League Reserve League Championship in the South China Tigers Reserve?"
"This is just one of the reasons. I have carefully understood Lin Zhiyuan's experience and his character, and found that this kid is simply a qualified'catfish'!"
"Catfish?" Ran Jiachang was puzzled.
"Well, the "catfish" in the "catfish effect"."
Ran Jiachang suddenly realized.
He has heard of the "catfish effect". Catfish specialize in eating fish, so if you put a catfish in a fixed ecological environment, then other fish in this environment will swim desperately to avoid catfish hunting, which instead activates their survival ability.
Therefore, the "catfish effect" is often used to describe the strategy of adopting some means or measures to stimulate competition.
"Do you want Lin Zhiyuan to stimulate others?"
"Yes. He is a qualified candidate. He has a carefree personality, and his speech is unobstructed. I don't know if it is due to his character or what is the reason. In short, he doesn't seem to be afraid of offending people. It would be great for him to be a catfish. East Asia After winning the Cup, the player lineup gradually stabilized. I am worried that some people will become proud and lazy and lose the motivation to continue to improve. Just like Guan Xinyan at the beginning. So I want to find someone to be a whip and beat them. There are overseas echelons. Lin Zhiyuan, who has worked for him, his returnee status can make a big fuss. Secondly, he is not familiar with almost all the Olympic team players, and there is no problem of forming gangs..."
Shi Wuyin told Ran Jiachang all his ideas.
The latter nodded again and again: "I have ideas, I have ideas."
"And you see, Lao Ran, he has just arrived and he hasn't signed in yet, so he dared to challenge Hu Lai like this... Replaced by our other players, they are busy surrounding Hu Lai... I'm not talking about Hu Lai. Popularity is a bad thing. I just don’t want Hu Lai to feel that being in the Olympic team is a very comfortable thing. He is indeed the core of our team’s tactics. We can’t easily replace him, we can only Find an external force to stimulate him, lest he relax too much."
"So you specifically looked for Lin Zhiyuan, who had some fun with Hu Lai?"
Shi Wuyin smiled without saying a word.
"You... cunning!"
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"Speaking of which, today this incident suddenly reminded me of the scene of the national competition..." Chen Xingyi said suddenly as he walked to the dormitory building.
"Which scene?" Wang Guangwei and Hu Lai were both asking.
"That's... Hu Lai, do you remember that someone blocked me at the entrance of the cafeteria and challenged me?"
"What's this?" Hu Lai frowned for a while, and then his eyes lit up, "Yes! I remembered, indeed... Then your kid sold me!"
"I feel a little bit emotional... I think I was the one who asked me to write the battle book, now it's someone else's turn to write the battle book for you." Chen Xingyi said to Hu Lai.
"What's that person's name?" Hu Lai couldn't remember for a moment.
"It seems to be called Zhou Zijing..." Chen Xingyi recalled hard.
"Oh, yes, he later ran to our dormitory and said that he would beat me in the professional league... As a result, there is no news from him. Has he come to the professional team?"
"I don't know..." Chen Xingyi shook his head.
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"Zhou Zijing, you are crazy! Half-horse racing at night!"
When Zhou Zijing's father, Zhou Shenghai, saw his son coming home soaked and drenched, his eyes widened.
"Did I run at noon?" Zhou Zijing said, holding the door frame, breathing heavily.
"It's not this. I mean, what are you doing so hard? You finally went home on holiday. How can you practice harder than in the club?"
"What can I do, Dad? Who told me that I was not selected for the Olympic team? That Lin Zhiyuan even entered the Olympic team, but I did not!"
"I am a reserve champion~EbookFREE.me~ are you?"
Zhou Zijing: "..."
He gave his father a blank look and went straight to take a bath.
"I'm serious, son, don't try too hard, train yourself carefully. You are still young, and the road is long." Zhou Shenghai said seriously behind him.
"I know Dad, I have a sense of measure. I don't run like this every day." Zhou Zijing waved and walked into the bathroom.
I’m just in a bad mood today. Going for a run will help regulate my mood.

After speaking, he closed the bathroom door.
Zhou Shenghai looked at the door and shook his head helplessly.
Both Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi were selected for the Olympic team, and even Lin Zhiyuan became a member of the Olympic team. Seeing the opponents he met in the national competitions running farther and farther, he would inevitably be a little anxious. Right...
But son, everyone has their own way. You just need to walk your own way. Don’t worry, it’s yours.
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