When Wang Huasheng wrote a manuscript for the domestic society, he divided an interview into two parts.

One is very short, that is, the news that Nottingham Forest is indeed interesting to Sun Jihai, and the other is to rearrange the conversation between Donn and them as an interview, of course, adding some Wang Huasheng's own material. It is said that he is reading to China to introduce this English coach who knows China very well and likes it very much.

Tang Jing saw that he concocted this exclusive interview over there, and didn't say anything.

She had heard of such a thing: a certain Chinese journalist went to Spain, took a photo with a certain star, came back and made up an exclusive interview by herself, and then returned to China with this group photo, which was successfully published in the newspaper.

Comparatively speaking, Uncle Wang's behavior is quite restrained.

No one knows what kind of repercussions the report will have in China, but Wang Huasheng is sure that the newspaper's sales will increase significantly this time. A British coach with all kinds of connections with China, this time he has a relationship with Chinese players, no matter how you look at it, it is a gimmick worth continuing to follow up on the hype.

He bet on this one. Just like when Li Xiang followed Mi Lu correctly, he immediately became the most valuable person, and influence and money rolled in.

Tang En didn't care what kind of turmoil would arise in China because of that false and real "interview", and the next day after sending away the two China Notes, he almost forgot about it.

Pierce replied, but this time his answer made Donn difficult – Pierce agreed to loan Richards to Forest.

The difficulty for Donn was that after a few days of deliberation, he didn't want Richards anymore.

Forest's backline is generally young: 18-year-old Pique, 26-year-old Zim Bonda, 26-year-old Matthew Epson, 20-year-old Layton Barnes, 22-year-old Pepe......

If he were to play a younger Richards, Donn felt that he was not doing well at the backline, which needed the most experience and stability.

So after a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, Don still thought that Pierce had mentioned that the Forest team was very interested in Sun Jihai, and hoped that Manchester City Club could seriously consider Sun Jihai's transfer.

"This makes me feel embarrassed......"

Hearing Pierce say this, Don was overjoyed. He knew there was a drama in it. At the very least, Pierce didn't refuse. It shows that he has also considered Sun Jihai's departure. He decided to strike hot: "Lending Richards to us is to train him and gain experience. Keeping him in the Manchester City team and giving him a regular position is also training him and gaining experience. The result is all the same, and I think it might be better for him to keep Richards around. ”

"Tony, this doesn't look like the way you speak."

Tang En laughed: "I have seriously thought about it, I think Sun Jihai is more suitable for the forest team." Help, Pierce. You know it too. According to Richards' growth, he can completely replace Sun Jihai in the next two or three years, and Sun Jihai's position at Manchester City will become quite awkward at that time. And the Forest team needs him right now, you can use Richards as the main team, give him trust, and that kid will definitely give you a good reward. Maybe he will be the best young player of the new season! ”

"It's not clear what the future holds."

"It's a win-win, Pierce...... You can rest assured. In terms of transfer fees, Forest will not let Manchester City suffer. ”

There was silence on the other end of the line for a long time, so long that Donn thought Pierce was gone. Finally, the Manchester City manager spoke: "Well, the specific transfer fee will be faxed to you. If you can accept that price, you guys go talk to Sun's agent......"

"Hah! Thank you so much, Pierce! ”

"Thank you so much, lead the team to play better in the European Champions Cup! Forest have only played in three trophies and won two trophies. I don't want to go back after all this year, and I don't want to see another game like the 7-2 defeat to Bayern Munich......"

Donn knew Pierce was talking about the '95-96 season. Nottingham Forest returned to Europe after 11 years and reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup, only to be humiliated 7-2 by Bundesliga hegemons Bayern Munich. Perhaps in the eyes of others, Nottingham Forest, who returned to the European arena after so many years, has performed well enough, but in the minds of that group of Forest players, they lost so badly that they had no power to fight back, even if they faced the Bundesliga king Bayern. It is still a lifelong shame for them.

As soon as Brian Clough left, the soul of Nottingham Forest was gone.

"Rest assured. Pierce. Nottingham Forest is a stone in a toilet. ”

"What do you mean?" Stuart didn't quite understand the Chinese afterword.

"It's smelly and hard. Those teams in Europe's big six will have to watch their teeth if they think Forest are bullies. ”

Pierce was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"What a stinky stone!"

The next day, Manchester City sent a fax to Nottingham Forest, indicating that on the issue of Sun Jihai's transfer fee, Manchester City could accept the price of four million pounds.

At the beginning, Manchester City bought Sun Jihai from Dalian Shide and spent 2 million pounds, setting the highest value for a Chinese player to transfer to a foreign club. And now, it is clear that as long as Tony Towne nods, Sun Jihai will once again set the record for the highest value of Chinese players.

Don scolded Stuart Pierce in his heart for being so black, and nodded and agreed to the price.

For four million pounds, Nottingham Forest officially asked to buy Manchester City FC's right wing-back, and Sun Jihai at the back.

The official confirmation of the incident caused a sensation in China. The Chinese media knew as well as Mr. Tang what that value meant. No Chinese player has ever been able to reach such a high value, and this figure can already make Sun Jihai rank among the mainstream players in the UK.

Before, Chinese always had such an idea, Chinese players go out, always marginal figures. Even Sun Jihai, when Manchester City was able to play the main team, the Chinese people had no sense of security about him. If the domestic media promotes the Chinese players to be famous overseas or something. Soon, there will be many people who exaggerate and deceive themselves......

When the news was just announced on the Chinese Internet, many netizens replied with doubts, and of course, these doubts will eventually lead to a result - quarrels and abuse between regions. The characteristics of the world are not only China. Just as the British northerners think southerners are fools, and southerners think northerners are hillbillies and uncivilized monkeys.

Later, many major portals and newspapers published the news one after another, and there were screenshots of the official websites of both clubs, which made the doubts of Chinese netizens and fans disappear.

Sun Jihai is indeed likely to join a team that is going to participate in the European Champions Cup!

Substitute or mainstay? After arguing about one issue on the domestic Internet, a new round of controversy has begun.

Don didn't bother with that. If he has nothing to do, he will also go around the domestic website, but he never reads the comments of netizens and this kind of thing......

Will Sun Jihai accept the invitation of the Forest team?

This seems to be a very simple question, and it is a bit contrived to ask such a question. Which one to choose between a team that can only play in the domestic league or a team that can play in the European Champions Cup? Isn't that obvious?

But Sun Jihai hesitated.

He loves Manchester City and he loves life in Manchester, where he has been for five years. I have a very deep relationship with the fans here. Perhaps in today's football, fewer and fewer people believe in the feelings that players have for a team and their fans, because in the face of money, there is no commitment trust. But Sun Jihai is such a person.

The traditional thinking of the Chinese is deeply rooted. There is an old saying: a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as your own kennel. This is also about the same meaning when applied to the club.

What if Nottingham Forest were to qualify for the European Cup? Sun Jihai loves Manchester City. He bought a house in Manchester, where his wife and children lived. It's his home. The Chinese value their families.

In addition, he has another reason for hesitation - he doesn't know Coach Don's attitude towards him, many domestic media have analyzed that the Forest team just wants to buy a substitute player, why does Don emphasize Sun Jihai's "all-round" so much? Isn't it just for Zim Bonda and Leighton Barnes...... Is it just waiting for someone to find a substitute? If you transfer to Forest. But he was not taken seriously, and he abandoned the fans of Manchester City, which felt like an out-and-out fool.

Tang En decided to call Sun Jihai personally and give him a reassuring pill.

When the phone was connected, Sun Jihai was still habitually greeting in English, and Tang En came up to give him a fluent sentence in Chinese and calmed him down!

"Don't fix English, I can understand Chinese." He also specialized in learning a little Northeast dialect.

After Sun Jihai understood who the person who came to call him was. It's hard not to laugh. "Your Northeast dialect isn't quite standard, Mr. Donn." He also made a little joke.

"Hey, hey. In the future, I will find you to learn slowly, and I am not afraid that I will not learn standardly. Know why I called you, right? ”

Sun Jihai nodded: "Yes." ”

"What are you waiting for? Worried about going to the Forest team and not having a place? Do you believe what the Chinese media say? Four million to buy a substitute who occasionally plays?! I'm crazy about me! ”

That thing Don is clear. Some domestic media analyzed for a long time that Nottingham Forest bought Sun Jihai just to increase the thickness of the bench, and the analysis was reasonable, which had the effect of confusing reading.

But Don just wanted to curse after reading the whole article. As he said to Sun Jihai: Four million pounds to buy a substitute, the Forest team is not burning money like this.

"The Forest team has been fighting on multiple fronts this season, there is no difference between the main substitutes in the team, whoever is in good shape, who is in good shape, I will let whoever is in good shape, and if the state is not good, I will rest. It's such a simple thing, and let those media make a whole aBnetbsp; Sun Jihai's hand holding the phone was shaking, he was trying his best to hold back his laughter, but in the end he still didn't hold back.

"Mr. Donn, you should be the most humorous head coach I've ever met."

"Actually, I'm a good person." Don climbed the bar, "You'll know when you come." ”

Sun Jihai was silent for a while.

Truth. It's a little awkward to let Tang En call Sun Jihai that. He really wanted to call—"Jihai? But I think it's too contrived to call it that way when we meet for the first time. "What are you doing as a professional footballer? Make hay? There will always be a day when you retire, right? There will always be a time when you can't make money anymore, right? When you decide not to wash your hands, you always have to leave something different for yourself, right? I'll be honest, that's what you're like at Manchester City, and it's going to be like that for now. Man City are a team with no ambitions, but I have them, Nottingham Forest have them. I'm sure you can see that in the transfer market over the past two years. I bought you from Manchester City, not to spend four million to buy a substitute and sit on the bench as a spectator; Second, it is not to open up any Asian market or Chinese market. I just fell in love with your abilities. Very helpful for the team. I say that, what are you waiting for? ”

There was silence again. Don didn't say anything anymore, he had finished saying what he had to say, what else was there to say? If Sun Jihai still doesn't come, he will have no choice. Secretly complained, and then cheekily went back to Pierce to loan Richards.

But he didn't believe that Sun Jihai could refuse the invitation from him. In any way, a move to Nottingham Forest is for a player like Sun Jihai. It's all harmless. The treatment given by the Forest team is higher than that of Manchester City. Honors, the Forest team has the ambition and goal to fight for honor. Fame, four million high-profile teams to join the Champions League. It's not just about the rise in value.

Tang En quietly waited for Sun Jihai to give him an answer. Soon, he got the answer he wanted.

"I did, Mr. Donne. I came to the forest. ”

Sun Jihai was handled by Tang En, and there was no problem with the agent's side for a long time, and the only obstacle to the transfer was the player's personal wishes. Now everything is ready, and the Forest team and Sun Jihai's agent quickly negotiated a personal contract. I completed the signing with the fastest degree.

A day later, Sun Jihai and his local agent appeared at Nottingham Forest's City Stadium, holding a red Forest jersey to meet fans, media and the Nottingham Chinese Students League. Standing next to Donn and Evan Dogetty, he smiled a little shyly.

When he walked into the stadium from the press briefing, he looked up and saw the banner unfurled by the fans in the stands: "Chinese Sun, welcome to the forest!" ”

Don also noticed the banner, which was not made by the Chinese Students' League, and the people holding the banner were pure British fans. Donn easily found Fat John and Skinny Bill inside. It must have been their idea.

When the camera flash in the hands of the journalists was frequently lit up, Tang En turned his head to Sun Jihai, who was looking at the banner, and said, "Look. Forests can photosynthesize only when there is sunlight. With photosynthesis, forests can flourish. ”

Maybe Sun Jihai doesn't know what kind of brilliant achievements he will have in his career after coming to the Forest team, but one thing is for sure, there will be a big difference here and at Manchester City, and his career will be different.

Hearing Tang En's words, Sun Jihai smiled as brightly as the sun.

Note: Regarding the reaction of some friends to their stomachs when they see Chinese football, and they feel disgusted when they see all the parts related to Chinese football. I must place a solemn apology.

As a Chinese who crossed over from China to the UK, it is basically impossible to make his career have nothing to do with China, whether it is Yang Yan in the early days, or a British coach who speaks fluent Chinese", or the current Chinese player Sun Jihai to transfer to the Forest team, this is an inevitable result.

Maybe in terms of looking at Chinese football and all the things related to Chinese football, I am different from these friends. Of course, I also scolded the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese men's football team. But I don't think Chinese football is useless, Chinese fans also belong to the category of Chinese football, are Chinese fans also rubbish? In the same way, Sun Jihai, as a Chinese player who has been abroad for a long time, is actually not contaminated with too many bad habits of Chinese football, but has the unique good qualities of Chinese. From an objective point of view, I think he fits well with Donn's requirements, and the Forest's requirements. In terms of box office, I think it is also very pleasing to include a Chinese player who has a good reputation among the Chinese fan base.

In the rest of his coaching career, he will have more contact with China. Of course, I know how to master this degree and how to make it enjoyable for everyone to watch. I'm not going to do anything that goes against everyone's aesthetics. For example, let Don become the head coach of the Chinese national team, and then save Chinese football and win the World Cup. This kind of thing is categorically impossible in this book.

Thank you again for your support!

In addition, the controversy over Anelka can also be put to rest. Thank you to the friends who recommended me to players such as Torres, Owen, Villa, Vieri and so on. I know you love the stars, but Forest can't afford the wages they demand or the £80 million transfer fees. So, if you feel uncomfortable, go and scold Allen for not making money!