Although Chu Zhongtian played in the French league for the first time in his life, he did not rise to prominence. In the next round of the league he went back to play in the reserve league, but this time he was fixed in a central midfield position and was not allowed to play at centre-back again.

Originally, those Chinese media were very excited when they learned that Chu Zhongtian played nine minutes in the game against Monaco, and they came to report on Chu Zhongtian's next round of the league, but they didn't expect that Chu Zhongtian didn't even enter the squad this time. To the disappointment of all hopeful Chinese journalists. What's even more disappointing is that the Chinese fans in China who have been waiting for Chu Zhongtian's good news, now Chu Zhongtian seems to have disappeared, and it is not easy to know a little bit of his information...... No, it's not easy, it's that there are no channels at all.

There are very few relevant reports sent back by the domestic media, which can not meet the needs of the majority of domestic fans at all.

"We all love Lin Danda" is one of the few active Chu Zhongtian fan groups in China. When Chu Zhongtian scored two goals in the FA Cup and eliminated Chelsea, although there is no official statistics of fan QQ groups like this, it is estimated that there are hundreds of them. And now there are only about a dozen of them that are still active, and the others have either changed their names and uses, or they have not changed their names but no one has spoken at all, and they have become a dead group. In short, everyone's enthusiasm came and died out quickly, and only a small group of supporters were still tirelessly collecting news about Chu Zhongtian, but with little success.

"Someone has to step up and change that!"

When Kang Jianbo typed this sentence in the group of "We all love Lin Danda", he immediately received strong approval from the group members.

Kang Jianbo, a native of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, is a sophomore at Suzhou Agricultural Vocational and Technical College. I like football very much, and it is not enough to play in school all day, I have to go outside the school every weekend to find an Internet café or video hall to stay up late to watch football. Although there are computers and networks in the dormitory, the first is that the network speed is slow, and the second is that the power will be cut off at the point, and you can only go outside to watch the game.

Later, after accidentally seeing the FA Cup live broadcast between Wimbledon Athletic and Chelsea, he was conquered by Chu Zhongtian's two shocking long-range shots, and he completely became a fan of Chu Zhongtian.

Later, I saw the group number of this group on a forum and added it. On the Internet, he goes by the pseudonym "Young Canglao" and has been very active since joining the group. However, his worship of Chu Zhongtian has also gone through several stages, from initial blindness to later fanaticism. At first, he just went into the group to chat and fart with a group of friends from all over the world who liked Chu Zhongtian and football, and then began to slowly collect Chu Zhongtian's information, and posted the information found from outside to the group for everyone to discuss. Some newspapers had news interviews or something, but they couldn't be found on the Internet for a while, so he typed them down one by one and then uploaded them to the Internet. Because of his active performance, he was granted the authority of an administrator by the group owner.

Later, there was less and less news about Chu Zhongtian, and this group gradually fell silent. It wasn't until Chu Zhongtian signed with Chelsea that it became lively again. Kang Jianbo conscientiously performed his duties as an administrator, kicked out those who had been diving without speaking since joining the group, re-summoned friends who like Chu Zhongtian and football, and then used his spare time to collect all the news about Chu Zhongtian and send it to the group to let everyone pay attention to Chu Zhongtian and understand the latest situation of Chu Zhongtian.

But the reality is very cruel, since Chu Zhongtian went to Metz on loan, there has been less and less news coming back, less and less, and now it is almost zero. finally played nine minutes in Ligue 1, and those idiot-like domestic media couldn't come up with anything new except for writing "Chu Zhongtian also came off the bench at the last moment of this game".

If you can't get news of Chu Zhongtian like this, then even hardcore supporters will lose motivation. Seeing that there were signs of silence in this group, many group members who used to chat together every day had not bubbled up for several days, and he felt unwilling. Everyone got together because of Chu Zhongtian, it was fate, although we had never met, but because Chu Zhongtian chatted so happily because of football, he almost talked about everything. Someone failed the exam and cried in the group; Someone fell out of love and complained in the group; Someone is going to catch up with the girl he catches, everyone encourages him and cheers him on; What do you see or hear about someone's work, talk to everyone; When a female fan joins, it will definitely be warmly welcomed by everyone...... Of course, the most talked about is because of football, although the teams they like are different, but because of Chu Zhongtian, they can always find common topics.

Kang Jianbo really doesn't want to see this group, which is full of everyone's hard work and happiness, become a dead group like other groups.

Since he is an administrator, he wants to work hard to maintain this group so that everyone can have a place to fart and chat on the Internet every day.

That's why he said that.

"If only we had someone here in France, we could go to Metz to investigate, those sports reporters in China are all eating white rice, unreliable! Why don't we do it ourselves? ”

"Yes, yes, self-reliance, abundant food and clothing......"

"Is there anyone abroad?"

Someone asked, and the group suddenly fell silent.

Kang Jianbo, who saw this sentence in front of the computer, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind - how could I forget her!

He hurriedly rummaged through QQ's friend list, found a gray blue-haired girl's avatar, double-clicked to open it, and left a message: "The beauty is not there?" There's something I want you to help me with! ”

Just half a minute after it was sent, the blue-haired girl's avatar flashed: "What's the matter?" ”

"Huh? Are you actually online? What time is it over there? ”

"Half past four in the afternoon."

"Aren't classes going today?"

"It's Sunday, you idiot!"

"Hey, hey! If you have something to ask for help, you must agree to help with this favor, beauty~~~! ”

"I don't even know what it is, how can I agree?"

"Aren't you at the University of Metz (université_de_metz)?"

"Well, yes. What's wrong? ”

"If you're okay, just keep an eye on someone for me."

"Who?"

"Chu Zhongtian."

"Who's that? Are your college classmates? You fellow? ”

"No, no, it's a professional footballer! He happened to be playing for Metz and I was ...... Want to know a little bit about him......"

"You wouldn't want to do anything bad, would you? I'll tell you, Miss Ben won't do anything that violates the law and discipline! ”

"Where? Definitely not! I'm a fan of him, a fan, and I have a bunch of buddies here who are all his fans. But he plays for a local professional football club, and there is no news about him in China. That's why we want to ask you to help collect information about his usual life, training, and games...... If you're afraid of trouble, just go straight to the local newspapers, there should be news about him, right? Just translate it for me. ”

"You still like football so much?" The girl smiled.

"That's right, football is my life!!"

"Okay, okay, I'll help you. Who made us high school tablemates? ”

"Hehe, thank you, beauty, I thank you on behalf of the brothers in our group!"

"I'm not unusual! I'll go back next summer and treat me to something delicious! ”

"No problem! Fish noodle soup and crab roe buns are all you can eat! ”

The two of them talked a few more nonsense, and Kang Jianbo hurriedly announced the good news to the brothers in the group - the "We all love Lin Danda" group finally has a foreign correspondent! So he said goodbye to the girl.

Lin Beiyao looked at the avatar on QQ that was no longer beating and pouted. Then she wrote down the name of the person Kang Jianbo asked her to find in her notebook - Chu Zhongtian.

She tilted her head to look at the name written vertically, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Lin Dan is big? Ha ha! What an interesting name! ”

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Lin Beiyao originally thought that this was a very simple and easy job - that is, to go to the newsstand regularly to buy newspapers, and then translate all the news about this Chu Zhongtian and send it to Kang Jianbo.

But she went several times, but she didn't find that the name was mentioned in one of the articles.

She wondered if Kang Jianbo had made a mistake, and asked him on QQ: "There is no such person in the newspapers and magazines here?" Did you misremember the name or the wrong team? ”

Kang Jianbo was stunned for a moment - the local media in France didn't even have any news about Chu Zhongtian, oh my God, how deep should you be buried, Lin Danda......

"Impossible, you can't be wrong with the name. chu_zhongtian, that's the name. It was not wrong to join Chelsea in the summer and then went on loan to Metz for Chelsea, fc_metz. You can see that the name means 'Mace', right? ”

"That's right, it's Mace. But I couldn't find any of the local newspapers or magazines, and there were no words or pictures. ”

"Huh...... It seems that not only the domestic media do not pay attention, but even the French media do not pay attention to it? I'll give you the address of the official website of the Metz Club, why don't you go up and have a look? It's all in English, I can't read it......"

"Okay, bring it."

Kang Jianbo sent the address of the official website of the Metz Club that he found. After a while, Lin Beiyao sent a pig-headed expression: "You pig, that's French, not English!" ”

"Haha...... It's all the same anyway - I can't read it. ”

'I found him in the first team.

"Right? I said yes! ”

Lin Beiyao is looking at the family photo of the team this season on the page, there are many blacks and whites in the team, and a yellow person stands out in the crowd. So she saw Chu Zhongtian at a glance.

Lin Beiyao likes handsome boys, Chu Zhongtian is not handsome, at least it does not meet her aesthetics. But what...... It's considered thoughtful, not ugly. The skin is slightly darker than that of ordinary yellow people, and it should be sunburned in the sun every day.

She remembered that when she was in high school, the boys in her class who liked to play football were darker. For example, Kang Jianbo is similar to this.

She used the QQ screenshot function to cut out the image of Chu Zhongtian in the family photo and sent it to Kang Jianbo: "Is it him?" ”

Soon Kang Jianbo replied to her with three exclamation marks: "That's right!! That's him! How did you find that? I clicked in and couldn't understand it, and I couldn't find where he was for a long time......"

"Click 'saison' and go in and see it."

"Hehe, you're still amazing, beauty~! But it's only for you...... If you don't have news of him in the media, you can only trouble when you have time...... Go to their training ground or stadium and see him train and play or something......"

"I don't know football, and I don't know how to talk about it after watching it......" Lin Beiyao's tablemate Kang Jianbo is a very fanatical fan, but Lin Beiyao herself has nothing to do with football at all, she likes the handsome guys in the movie, or the dazzling male models in fashion magazines.

"Uh......" Kang Jianbo thought for a while and said, "Don't you like photography?" Just take some photos, you can't see the text, it's good to have pictures......" A few days ago, after he told the brothers and sisters in the group the news that he was looking for Lin Beiyao to help, the group of people screamed excitedly, and now they are hungry and thirsty, if they can't take it over in the end, I'm afraid that I'm going to be impeached as an administrator, in fact, it's nothing if I can't be an administrator, if we let everyone down, the popularity may really not get up.

"Okay, I'll just take pictures, and what I can see is your own business."

Lin Beiyao is a photography enthusiast, but he is not the kind of enthusiast who is very professional and professional, and he must have millions of enthusiasts just to buy a lens. Coming to the beautiful little city of Metz, if she's okay, she always likes to walk around with her camera in her arms. I will take a lot of photos in a circle, put them in my blog, and write some mood words or something, I don't care if anyone is cheering, and I don't care what my photography level is, in order to entertain myself.

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So from that day on, without Chu Zhongtian's knowledge, many pictures of his training and competition were taken by a young girl with a digital camera, and then transmitted to China through the Internet.

Kang Jianbo's happiest thing about going online now is to go to the mailbox to collect the photos sent by Lin Beiyao from Mace, and then send them to the group one by one, so that everyone can see Chu Zhongtian's recent situation.

"Wow! Lin Dan has lost a little weight! ”

"That's sturdy, you look at the muscle contours of his back...... How clear! ”

"It's so hard to play football in a foreign country alone."

"But it's handsome!"

"Who is the person who stands with Chu Zhongtian? What's that on the face? It's scary to watch......"

"Huh? Is it a scar or what? ”

"Birthmark, right?"

"Is there such a birthmark? It's a scar from a fire, right? ”

"Anyway, it looks scary...... It's scary to laugh at. ”

"Why is there such a spectator in the game?"

"Seems to be a reserve team game?"

"Didn't you say playing in Ligue 1? Why are you still in the reserves? ”

"Ahem, do you think the top professional league is so easy to play? Our Lin Dan classmate is an amateur player and has not received any professional training at all, so he basically started from scratch when he arrived in Metz. His previous performances in the FA Cup are unlikely to have helped him secure a regular place in Metz. I think we, as supporters of Lin Dan University, should be patient. Wait, I believe that Lin Danda will soar to the sky one day! ”

"Jiang Nanji, you said it well! Everyone applauds! ”

"Oooo Yes yes yes! We have to be patient, we can't be like those impetuous people, if we can't see Lin Danda, we will say that Lin Danda is going to fall, and he will fall uncle! Don't look at what level of league this is, how can it be so easy to play? ”

"Ahem...... Quality, pay attention to quality, ......"

"Don't talk about this, I get angry when I say it, I believe that only those of us who wait patiently and silently support are the real 'proteins'!"

"What does 'protein' mean, koukou?"

"'Protein' is the nickname of Lin Dan's fans, don't you think it's very creative, Chun Xin?"

"Don't say it, it's really interesting......"

"Mace is so pretty...... The sky is so blue, the grass is so green, wow......"

"Hey, Brother Xuan, are you here to see Chu Zhongtian or the scenery?"

"Oh, look at both. Don't you think that Lin Dan is very handsome in such a beautiful environment? ”

"You say that...... Young, your friend's level of photography is good, and every photo is very pleasing to the eye. If there were any bigger ones, I would like to make them into tabletops! ”

"Make a desktop? This is a good idea, and I want to make a big picture for the desktop! A crowd followed.

Kang Jianbo is very happy, the group is so lively every day, and he can also learn about the latest situation of their idol Chu Zhongtian for the first time. He took such a painstaking effort to manage the group, and it was worth it to find classmates to help take pictures for everyone.

In fact, there is no pay to do this, but because I like it, I have no regrets about it.

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Lin Beiyao sat cross-legged on the grass outside the Holy Mountain Furian Stadium, the sky was still very blue today, but the woods in the distance were not as green as they were half a month ago.

She added clothes and a cashmere scarf around her neck.

And the figure that appeared in her lens was already becoming more and more familiar, the sweat on his face and arms was still reflecting the sunlight and shining.

It's beautiful......

Lin Beiyao sighed in her heart, and then pressed the shutter.

Today is November 1st, the day when Chu Zhongtian participated in the second-tier team league, and she came to the courtside again to take pictures of Chu Zhongtian. After returning to the dormitory in the evening, she picked out the best photos, watermarked them, compressed them and sent them to the mailbox of her high school colleague Kang Jianbo.

That's what she's going to do.

At first she only came once in a while, but now she comes whenever she can. The university course is not tight, and her family is well-off, and she does not need to work to earn money, so she has a lot of time.

She felt that something was quietly going on in herself. For example, in the past, she liked those melancholy boys with fine skin and tender meat, fair skin, and watery eyebrows and eyes, but now her appreciation has changed. She found that constantly selecting the best part of Kang Jianbo in a large number of photos made her gradually feel that the athletic boy with dark skin, strong muscles and strong body was also eye-catching. In particular, the sweaty skin reflects local highlights in the sun, just like a greased male model, no longer need to go to the catwalk to pose, any movement in competition and training may be a good pose.

Beside her, there were some fans in the red jersey of Metz, who had come to see the game.

Judging from her observation in the past half month, after every training and competition, many people will gather around him to ask for autographs, and some people will take photos with him. And no matter how tired he was or how much sweat he had on his body, he insisted on satisfying the wishes of all the fans before leaving, whether it was signing autographs or taking photos, he always had a polite smile on his face.

Lin Beiyao never went up to ask for an autograph or ask for a group photo, she just held the camera and kept pressing the shutter on the side to record these images. Then send it to her classmate Kang Jianbo.

One day later, Kang Jianbo would announce to his brothers and sisters in the group: "Chu Zhongtian is very popular!" There are a few more people looking for his autograph than before! So the other Chu Zhongtian are not as obscure over there as we imagined! ”

(To be continued)