Volume 1: Playing football with me will break your legs Chapter 28: The Superstar with a Weekly Salary of 300
Drinking, bragging and talking nonsense is probably a common problem among men all over the world, and there is nothing to be surprised about.
In Li Polo's eyes, the team captain who had spoken out loud last night showed up at the training ground the next day as if nothing had happened, and was even more friendly and enthusiastic than usual.
Smith, Phillips, Akinfenwa and others also united around him as usual, training hard together, as if they didn't remember what happened last night at all.
This is probably the world of adults.
After the training session, Li Polo met two strange men outside the court.
Seeing him walk out of the venue, one of them was the first to extend his right hand:
"Hello, I'm Liu Chuan from China's largest sports newspaper, Sports Weekly. This is photographer Tang Feng. We just asked for the club's consent and would like to conduct an exclusive interview with you. Is it convenient for you?"
Although from another perspective, such questions are not particularly polite, but... Li Polo doesn't care at all.
How many games has he played?
Are there any media interviews?
Thanks Manchester United!
He secretly took a deep breath, trying to calm his excitement, and then answered hesitantly:
"I am happy to accept an interview from China, but... I just finished training and haven't had dinner yet..."
Liu Chuan and Tang Feng looked at each other, both a little surprised.
Because the other party did not speak London-accented English, but authentic Mandarin, even with a slight Northeastern accent!
Liu Chuan immediately laughed:
"I have been in London for four or five years. I know there is a Chinese restaurant that serves authentic Chinese food. We can have a good chat while eating."
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Two hours later, Li Polo could no longer eat.
He was very satisfied with the first interview in his life.
A sumptuous dinner, conversation in a familiar local accent, and an "interview fee" that the other party offered, which was equivalent to his weekly salary, he couldn't be picky.
As for Liu Chuan, he was very satisfied with this interview. All the questions he prepared before were answered here. After going back, he only needed to organize it a little and it would become a fresh and hot report, and it would definitely be the only one of its kind!
He had already thought of several titles:
"Shocked England! He was the first hero to slaughter Manchester United!"
"Powerful aerial master! Spanish goalkeeper De Gea becomes a background figure!"
"The Japanese superstar is eclipsed! The young Chinese player dominates the 'Asian Derby'!"
《The glory of Chinese players, the first person to conquer Manchester United! 》
"Only 300 pounds a week! Are the Chinese Super League's multimillionaires ashamed?"
"In-depth and exclusive analysis of the growth path of the genius of Kuangbang!"
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Liu Chuan burped, took the invoice from the front desk, and shook hands with Li Boluo for the last time:
"I wish you all the best at Wimbledon. Maybe one day you will really become a superstar. At that time... this interview of mine will be invaluable!"
He laughed very happily, but even he himself didn't believe this sentence.
Superstar?
Is it still too far away from the fourth level?
Instead of expecting him, it is better to pay attention to Wei Shihao, Li Yuanyi, Liu Yiming, Wang Chengkuai who are active in Portuguese football, and Xu Xin in Madrid!
Isn’t their future more worth looking forward to than that of this amateur player who changed career path halfway through?
Li Polo also smiled and waved goodbye to him:
"This day won't last long."
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Two days later, on August 30, New Wimbledon welcomed its last opponent of August, Stevenage.
The captain Fuller, who had recovered from his injury, regained his starting position, and Li Polo had to sit on the bench for 90 minutes.
As a team that was relegated from the English League One , Stevenage has very strong overall strength and quickly formed an offensive momentum against Wimbledon. The two sides went back and forth and the situation was once in a stalemate.
Perhaps feeling the pressure of competition, Fuller performed exceptionally well in this game. Not only did he defend the right side of the penalty area impeccably, but he also made a key cross, helping Aziz score the decisive goal and winning the fifth round of the league .
Fuller, who scored the second highest point on the team, also breathed a sigh of relief:
Although the game was full of twists and turns and very thrilling, at least there was no comeback at the last moment, otherwise I would have been laughed to death by others.
After five rounds, the Crazy Gang, which had won all five games, finally surpassed other competitors and climbed to the top of the standings, surprising the entire league.
But despite this, public opinion is still not optimistic about their future this season. After all... the entire English League Two schedule is as long as 46 rounds, and the smooth sailing in the first five rounds does not mean anything at all.
However, all Wimbledon players were very satisfied, and head coach Adre once again praised everyone's performance:
"I have been a coach for ten years. This is the first time I have won seven consecutive games in all competitions. You are definitely the best group of players I have ever coached!"
He looked at Fuller and Li Polo who were full of energy and nodded secretly:
"I know that a good competitive atmosphere has been formed in the team, which is a good thing, but there is no need to be too anxious. We have enough games. As long as we train hard and stay in good shape, everyone will get enough opportunities to play!"
His assistant Cox took over the topic:
"Those Premier League teams always complain that they have a devilish schedule of two games a week every December, but they never think that the schedules of us, the English League One and English League Two teams, are much tighter than theirs!"
The Premier League has only 38 rounds, 8 fewer than the English League Two, and domestic cup competitions such as the League Cup and the FA Cup are also played less. What's more... Li Polo just found out that his team has to participate in another low-level competition - the English League Championship!
The FA Cup is open to all professional and amateur teams in England. The League Cup is open to 92 professional league teams from four levels: the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two. The so-called English Championship only has 24 League One teams and 24 League Two teams, totaling 48 teams. It's a typical low-level competition!
Li Polo couldn't help but want to complain :
Go and trample on the English Football Association!
Why do we have so many fancy competitions?
Do you have to highlight your presence?
Why can’t we learn from the Chinese Football Association and make things simpler?
There isn't much profit in those low-level competitions, right?
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Complaints aside, Li Polo doesn't feel annoyed at all about such a tight schedule.
Are you kidding? If we only play one game a week, the physically fit old captain Fuller will probably be able to play all the games. How would I get a chance to play then?
On the last day of August, Li Polo received his first salary as a professional player.
Starting from July 26th, I will clock in for work for five weeks, with a basic salary of 300x5=1500.
Appeared in 5 games (4 as a starter and 1 as a substitute), appearance fee is 20x5=100.
Winning bonus: 20x5+500 (extra bonus for defeating Manchester United) = 600.
Clean sheet bonus: 10x3=30
Goal bonus: 20x3=60.
If you add the 300 yuan interview fee, he earned a total of 2,590 pounds in August!
The equivalent of RMB is more than 27,000 yuan!
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Note: The League Cup victory over Manchester United was the focus of the official live broadcast, and the Crazy Gang received a share of the TV broadcast revenue of 150,000 pounds, while their operating revenue in the previous season was only a few hundred thousand.
