Godfather Of Champions

"Three months ago, Tony Dunn and his team brought a joyous feast to the fans of Nottingham. Three months later, Nottingham Forest returned with praise again. Their heartfelt fans were waiting at the City Stadium for The team that returned from holding the cup held a small welcome party. Tony Dunn and his forest team rose like a myth. From the lowest point to the highest point, they only took four short years. Today's Nottingham Forest has become a strong contender for the Premier League championship in the new season. Many people hate Tony Dunn, but they can’t ignore his existence. This has become a reason to hate him even more... "Today’s Tournament" on weekend night, we I will focus on analyzing the reasons for the success of this team."

After successively winning the Champions League, the Railroad Cup, and the European Super Cup, Nottingham Forest has become a hot topic throughout the European continent.

BBC TV made a small topic for the Forest team to win the Super Bowl. They invited three football stars to analyze the reasons for the rapid rise of the Forest team for the audience. Of course, to analyze this, there is a key person-Tony Dunn.

Even now, four years later, some things in him are still fascinating. For example, after being knocked down on the sidelines by his own players, his temperament changed drastically, and then he showed his amazing talents and abilities as if he suddenly opened up, leading Nottingham Forest to complete the big rise in four years.

Of course these celebrities would not say that because Dunn had traveled through it, he had information that was three and a half years ahead of the time. They can at best analyze Dunn's talents and abilities. No one would have thought that something like crossing and soul possession would really happen in this world.

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While BBC TV was analyzing the secret of Dun En's success, Dun En was having a "date" with Tang Jing, which was actually a three-person date, except for the two of them, Tang.

Tang Jing invited them to dinner after the team finished the game with Fulham.

Dunn felt very strange when he heard this invitation. He and Tang Jing didn't have any intersection apart from some contacts at work. If it was Tang Jing who invited Tang to a candlelight dinner, Tang En would not be surprised. The two of them had many excuses for eating together, and being both Chinese was just one of them. But Tang Jing called for Tang En, but Tang was more like a foil.

Dunn hadn't forgotten to molest the beautiful reporter verbally: "Why, the reporter from Tang University is interested in me and plans to go in love together after dating me?"

Of course, after having been in contact with Dun En for a long time, Tang Jing had long been able to resist his lip service, and the beautiful women sneered at each other: "Does Coach Dunn have to go to bed with every lady who eats together?"

Dunn was boring to ask, but in the end he agreed to Tang Jing's invitation. He wanted to see what medicine was sold in this woman's gourd. Before he ridiculed Tang Jing so much, Tang Jing had already turned around angrily and walked away, but this time, she was sure to win Tang En also became curious.

Now, at dinner, after hearing Tang Jing's reason to be a guest, Dunn regretted coming to eat the meal.

His face pulled down.

"Miss Tang Jing, I don't think I can agree to your request."

"Why? I think this is a good thing for the Forest team, and it doesn't require you to do too difficult things..." Tang Jing's eyes widened. In fact, she was already prepared to face the difficulties in her heart. , This expression is somewhat pretentious.

And Tang, who was sitting between the two, immersed himself in the meal, as if the topic they were discussing had nothing to do with him.

This is the case.

Three people came to this restaurant as scheduled and had dinner together. Tang Jing first congratulated Dunn for winning his second consecutive important championship trophy and his five-game winning streak after the start of the Premier League, ranking first. Dunn happily accepted Tang Jing's compliment, and did not embarrass the other party on his lips.

For a while, the guest and the host were happy and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Next, Tang Jing explained her real purpose and confided in the real purpose of inviting Tang En to eat. The more Tang En listened, the less smiles on her face, and in the end it was like what she is now-with a stern face and a cold tone of rejection.

It turned out that Tang Jing invited Tang En to dinner this time because she was entrusted by others and hoped to discuss cooperation intentions with the Forest Team.

The newspaper she worked for and a TV station in Hunan, China planned a large-scale audition event in China. Of course, it was not a "beauty pageant" program such as a super girl, but a tryout to find the legendary "football genius" in mainland China. However, all kinds of "drafts" are very popular in China. Taking advantage of this shareholder ethos, the trial is also named "drafts", and a very vulgar term is used: "sea elections."

As soon as Dunn heard the beginning of this plan, he had no interest in this matter. Tang Jing didn't know why Dunn reacted so strongly.

Tang knew more or less, but now he chose to remain silent and not involve them in their grievances.

Dunn traveled here, so he was a completely Chinese before. Since he is a Chinese, he is naturally impressed by the various talent shows that have been popular in China in recent years, and this impression is definitely not a good impression. Even if the audition itself is good, as Chinese TV stations follow suit to produce various boring audition activities, it has become less famous. In particular, in order to expand the influence of their own talent show, some media do not hesitate to let their judges quarrel with each other during the recording of the show. After they come down, they will personally attack. Love...play all kinds of love that can be played, and create all kinds of so-called "gimmicks" to attract the audience's attention.

After all these messy things, plus the fact that most of the elective candidates are not very strong, it is really hard for the public to have a good impression. When Dunn was in China, he was such an ordinary person who didn't like the talent show and avoided it.

Now that he heard about the mess of the draft, he couldn't wait to start shaking his head without even hearing the introduction behind Tang Jing.

"Miss Tang Jing, I have never thought that a "draft" show like a show can select any real genius."

"I think you are too extreme, Mr. Tang En. With so many young footballers in China, there are always one or two talents who have the ability to gain a foothold in the European League? Our draft is just a shell that caters to the public, and there is no problem with the core content— Football is the core."

Dunn shrugged: "This is the reason I oppose. I never think football has any future in China..."

"This is a folk draft and has nothing to do with the Football Association!"

"Really? Look at the material you gave me. What is written on it? "Co-organized by the Youth Department of the Chinese Football Association" has nothing to do with the Football Association?" Tang En scoffed at Tang Jing's statement.

"They just put a name, you know, Mr. Tang En. China's national conditions are that these activities must give the official face, do you understand the face?"

"Of course I understand, Miss Tang Jing. I am a China player. Going back to the show itself, I think the audition itself is good, but after you get China, the media will change your taste after a toss. There are similarities in the UK. The Nottingham Forest Club will regularly hold various trials and find good seed from them. But... to be honest, I am not optimistic about you holding this kind of draft. You plan to invite a ugly woman and put a big red on the top of your head. Hua, do you choose players in an S shape?'This is not good, it's ugly! There is no typhoon!'" Tang En said, imitating Yang Erche Namu.

"Mr. Tang En. This is a football draft, not a singer. We don’t invite anyone from the showbiz. The judges we invite are all professional footballers. If you agree to participate in this plan, then we will ask the forest team An official invitation is issued, and you will send a coach to be the judge of the whole process." Having said that, Tang Jing glanced at Tang who was still eating. "Most of the judges are from British clubs, and there is only one Chinese coach as the coordinator. The professionalism, authority and impartiality are definitely incomparable to other talent shows.

Dunn followed and glanced over, his face still has a cold expression.

"I still don't agree." There is no room for negotiation in his tone. "Honestly, I hate you guys making a mess of draft picks, so I don't plan to let myself follow the mess and do things that I hate."

If it is because of Dun En's personal preferences and unable to cooperate, Tang Jing has nothing to do. Because if it is a matter of interest, then you can sit down and talk, but it is just a bargain. But if it becomes a very idealistic problem like a personal hobby, then there is no way to talk about it. It is very difficult to change a person's obsession, especially this person is a famous paranoia.

Nevertheless, Tang Jing still has to make one last effort.

"You said you hate drafts, Mr. Dunn... isn't there a similar draft in the UK? Isn't the well-known'Britains_Got_Talent' (Britains_Got_Talent) highly accepted in the UK? As far as I know, there are quite a few of your clubs. People also watch that show. Didn't Paul Perz, the fat genius who appeared some time ago, become popular all over the world and touched countless people?"

Dunn paused, he did watch this talent show, and he was indeed moved by Paul Purz's story. But... it was a British talent show, both in terms of sophisticated production and experience, it was much better than the talent show that is swarming in China now. What does it mean to be "applauded and popular"? This show is a living example. China's talent show obviously still has a long way to go, but unfortunately, because of the rapid popularity of the second "Super Girl", countless and various talent shows have appeared in China all at once. When deciding on these programs, how many of those media have carefully divided the market audience, carefully planned the program direction, carefully selected the right judges, and strictly controlled the quality of the programs? Almost none, to use the words of the paranoid Dunn, it would be "no one".

Whether it is "American Got Talent" or "British Got Talent", the purpose of the talent show should have been "a stage where little people and ordinary people achieve their dreams." But in China, it is more like a "farce" that makes people laugh and cry. Is that a "stage for small people and ordinary people to achieve their dreams" or "a vanity fair for dying celebrities"?

Because of all this, Dunn hated all domestic talent shows. Now Tang Jing wants his team to cooperate with a Chinese TV station to do such a boring draft show, how could he agree? Even if this is a football draft that is completely different from the previous star drafts, in the eyes of the paranoid Dunn, it is the same. In the minds of the Chinese public, there may be two circles that can be regarded as "notorious", one is the showbiz and the other is Chinese football.

"Miss Tang Jing, I think the most critical point is not whether this is a draft, but rather that this is a football draft held in China. To be honest, I have no interest in this kind of thing, and neither will my team. Participate in this plan. You said earlier that there are other Premier League clubs that have received invitations. You can go and talk to their people. I believe that there are not a few Premier League clubs interested in developing the Asian market. But I really have no interest." Dunn The final decision was made on this matter. "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I fully understand your idea of ​​looking for Nottingham Forest. Yinwi has a player from China, an assistant coach from China, and a head coach who admires Chinese culture very much." Tang En pointed out Refers to Tang and refers to himself, "However, the draft has nothing to do with Chinese culture."

The dinner just ended up unhappy.

When Tang Jing left, she politely told Dun En that if he changed his attention, he could call her. Dunn was noncommittal.

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On the way home from the restaurant, Tang was still a little surprised at Dun En's rejection so simply: "I thought you would be vague, that is, you would not explicitly refuse or agree to it."

"Why should I be vague?" Dunn asked rhetorically.

"Hmm... Actually, I think this draft is not as bad as you thought." Tang finally said his opinion.

Dunn smiled, with a slight scorn on his face: "Tang, you don't understand. You have not stayed in China as long as I am. I know very well what the drafts of the Chinese media are all about."

Tang did not express a rebuttal. He calmly accepted Dun En’s evaluation of him: “Yes, I have not stayed in China for as long as you, and I don’t know how the Chinese draft is like. But I think it’s because of this , I will not be preconceived."

Dunn was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Are you sarcastic when I look at things with colored glasses?"

Tang didn't say a word, but his attitude showed "that's what I meant."

After being silent for a while, Dun En sighed, "Well, Tang. I can feel you are moving away from me. You and Tang Jing have been together for too long... But this is your freedom and I can't control it."

"You think too much, Tony. I just think that sometimes your paranoia should be put aside for a while, not everything is as you think."

In fact, Dunn admitted in his heart that what Tang said was right. He was paranoid and extreme. He also knew that his views on some issues were actually wrong, and he was affected by too many subjective emotions. No way, geniuses are paranoid. But due to the face problem, he would not admit that he was wrong.

"Forget it, you have decided anyway. I'm just expressing my opinion. Don't worry about it, Tony."

"Since you don't agree with me, why don't you talk about it during dinner?" Dunn didn't want to let this topic go, he asked. As a result, he was boring.

"If I had said then, you would feel very shameless, Tony."

Dunn was speechless again, and Tang was right. He is actually a face-saving person. Tang Zheng knew this, so he chose to remain silent.

"Well, thank you, Tang." Tang En murmured after a while.

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Since Tang En had made the final decision on this matter, he would never go to Tang Jing again. This is also a matter of face. He later learned from Tang's mouth that Tang Jing went to find several other Premier League clubs. There are two people who are interested in the Chinese market and finally agreed to cooperate, one is Everton and the other is Bolton. They are not too strong teams. It seems that big clubs are not interested in this matter.

Everton was expected. The club has been close to China for a long time. They have introduced two Chinese players. The shirt sponsor was also a Chinese company "Kejian", which is a Chinese company. For the first time, Chinese characters appeared on the chest of a European team jersey.

How much do these two clubs really value the possibility of selecting a football genius? I am afraid it is more aimed at the market behind it. But... what is the football market in China? Dunn thought with disdain. When he was in China, he was used to buying pirated jerseys and souvenirs, and people like him accounted for 99%. Before he crossed, Manchester United opened a "Manchester United Restaurant" in Chengdu. When it opened, the famous Manchester United star Bobby Charlton came to join him, but what happened later, I don’t know...the level of consumption there is really too high. High, most fans can't afford it.

Tang Jing was very busy during this time, and basically never appeared in front of Dun En. From some of Tang's words, Dunn learned that Tang Jing was very confident in promoting the Forest Team to cooperate with them. Once this is successful, it will be known as Nottingham Forest and won two heavyweight championships recently. , This show must be popular.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, Dunn refused without any room for negotiation.

This makes her very frustrated.

Everton and Charlton were supposed to be the foil for the Forest team, but now they have become the protagonists. Tang Jing must have been helpless, too.

But Tang En didn't take this matter to heart, he couldn't control what Tang Jing thought in his heart.

There are many things he has to be busy with, such as the game against Reading and the draw of the Champions League group stage.

At this moment, Alan Adams found him.

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PS, the "football draft" mentioned in this chapter borrows real events as the background, and then freely play. However, in order to cope with the development of the plot, the beginning of this incident was changed from early July to early September. In addition, everyone can have their own opinions and express opinions about whether the draft is good or bad. As one of the characters, Tang En, like Tang and Tang Jing, has his own different views. These views are the driving force behind the development of the story. Because if everyone has exactly the same views on a matter, then the conflict in this matter will be lost, which is essential for the development of the plot of a novel.

Finally, as an author, I also have my own opinions. But I don't have the right to express this opinion freely, because what I write is a novel, not an argument. Therefore, all comments on the topic of the draft in the article do not represent my true opinion. I hope you read it wisely and correctly distinguish between the values ​​of the characters in the novel and the values ​​of the author himself.

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