Chapter 22: Goodbye to the Yiren (I)
The Nottingham Evening Post on the second day of the game put a large photo on the ninth page (sports edition), which took up half of the entire page. The photo was taken from across the dugout, and under a red bleach, Donn raised his arms and shouted. It was the scene where he celebrated his third goal.
Donn eats a simple breakfast while looking at the picture over and over again. I have to admit that this photo was taken very well, and the angle and timing were just right. And the best part, of course, is that the protagonist of this picture is obviously Tony; Head coach Donn.
The caption under the photo reads: "Be David; When Johansen scored the winning goal, in front of the revelry fans, Toney; Don raised his arms in celebration. ”
The more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and decided to call the newspaper office to find the person who took the photo, and then pay for a huge one, frame it and hang it in the house. This is a glorious moment for yourself, and you must cherish it forever.
So he found the telephone number of the Corriere della Sera newspaper from the newspaper.
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The day after each race is always the busiest day for British newspapers, with people running in and out of the news they have recently gathered, or delivering the typeset newspaper to the printing press, and the telephone ringing in the newspaper building.
"Hello, this is the Nottingham Evening Post......" the pretty receptionist politely said into the microphone, and after two seconds the professional smile on her face was gone.
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Donn, who was on the other end of the phone, thought it was strange that he just wanted to know the contact information of the person who took the photo, and then ask him for an enlarged version. Why do you even want to transfer his call to the president's office?
He heard a slight cough on the other side of the phone, followed by an old man's voice.
"Hello, Mr. Donn, I'm Larry, the president of the Nottingham Evening Post; Lawrence, you can call me Larry. ”
"You can call me Tony, Mr. Larry......"
The next thing is for Donn to tell Larry about his request; Lawrence, Lawrence agreed without hesitation, the photo was taken by a photojournalist from their newspaper, not to mention washing one enlarged one, even if it was washed into ten. Lawrence, though, made one condition.
"Interview me?" Don was a little surprised, he didn't expect the media to come to his door so soon. But he didn't think about refusing, it was a good opportunity to promote himself. Don is not afraid of being famous, and if he wants to become a famous handsome, the influence of the media cannot be ignored. But the timing is not good, the team has just won a game, it doesn't mean that the situation is stable, he still has a lot of problems to solve. Where does he have time for interviews now?
"Larry, I'm afraid not right now."
"Any difficulties, Tony?"
From the conversation between these two people, you don't feel at all that they have been talking on the phone for less than five minutes.
"I still have a lot of work to do, and I don't think I can do an interview with you at this time. Although I would like to be interviewed ......"
"I understand you."
"So...... If you can wait a while, I will be happy to be interviewed by you guys. ”
Lawrence was quick to agree with Donn's proposal: "That's fine. We'll send you the photos you want in two days. You just have to memorize the interview. When you feel like it's okay, feel free to contact us, Tony. ”
Hanging up the phone, Don was a little complacent. I didn't expect to be favored by the media so quickly, which is a good sign. It shows that as long as you win, everything will be good. My goal now is to try to keep the team in that form and at the same time solve the problems that were exposed in yesterday's game in training.
But one thing is certain: he has to stick to his win-only mentality, and he has to make it feel like the players. A team that will do whatever it takes, from the manager to the players, will be invincible.
Don, who got the photo, is in a very good mood, and he won't train today anyway. As is customary, the day after the game must be a day off to allow the players to rest and relax. Of course, if the big score loses, Don will also cancel this holiday and let the team repent in the training of large sports.
He decided to go out for a walk, and it was time to take a break after being in a hectic and stressful environment all this time.
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Nottingham is home to one of the UK's top universities, Nottingham' University, which also has a partner campus in Ningbo, China. Therefore, every year, many Chinese students come here to study and further their studies, and you can always see Chinese students with yellow skin, black hair, and speaking Chinese on the streets of Nottingham.
However, whether there are Chinese in the stands of the city stadium, Tang En is not clear.
Whenever there is a holiday, even if it is only for half a day, Don will never stay in his own home, and he will never sleep lazy. He thought so: It's easy to have an opportunity to "travel abroad for free", don't take advantage of it to look around and enjoy the exotic customs, I'm really sorry for letting me cross God. Of course, for Donn himself, to feel the most authentic and wonderful British style, you have to go to those all kinds of pubs, he thinks that the greatest invention of mankind is winemaking, the great profession is winemaking, the greatest building is the bar, and the greatest glasswork is the bottle...... The other greatest, and so on.
If you think Don is going to the bar for the rest of the day today, you're mistaken. It's just past nine o'clock in the morning, and the bars in the UK are not open, so he can't go if he wants to.
He had always heard that the University of Nottingham was beautiful, so he decided to go around the university campus, maybe he could meet beautiful students from China, and then develop a beautiful long-distance relationship......
Don didn't call Randy, the taxi driver he already knew; James, he decided to get a feel for Nottingham's public transport system.
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Nottingham is actually quite small, which is also a common feature of British cities, except for international metropolises such as London, most cities in China may be the size of a county-level city, maybe not as good as ......
Don realized this when he led the team to Coventry to play a game, which was once one of the four major cities in the United Kingdom and about the size of a county. The same goes for Nottingham. After more than twenty minutes of bus swinging, Don was already standing at the door of the University of Nottingham campus. The University of Nottingham has many campuses, and Donn only knows that there is a large campus in the west of the city center.
The University of Nottingham campus is large and beautiful. If you don't know, you'll think they're in the park. From a distance, I saw a white square tower under the shade of a row of trees, and when I walked in, I found that it was not a single tower, but an overall white building, and the square tower was only the highest part in the middle.
Don stood in the middle of the road, a little confused. The campus was so big that he didn't know how to get there. Wouldn't it be a joke if you got lost?
Just as he hesitated, a nice voice sounded next to him, standard English: "This is the main teaching building of the University of Nottingham." ”
Don turned his head to see a dark-haired girl standing next to him, smiling at the white house, "It's beautiful, isn't it?" Pure white, if you change the square tower into a dome, it is an enlarged version of the White House. ”
But the manager of the Nottingham Forest team didn't hear what the girl said next, and he was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning. Who did he see?
Her jet-black and shiny hair was tied into a crisp ponytail, and even the bloated down jacket couldn't hide her youthful body and her beautiful face, which was too familiar to be familiar anymore.
It was his classmate in high school, and he had a crush on the class girl for three whole years - Yang Yan!
It's a small world......
"Sir? Mr! Yang Yan was a little annoyed when she found that this foreign man was always staring at her, but she still maintained basic politeness and did not slap the foreign pervert before turning around and leaving.
Don came back to his senses and found that it was really bad for him to look at a girl like this. He hurriedly apologized: "I'm really sorry, I suddenly thought of something and lost my mind." I'm sorry. He bowed slightly. In the past, Tang En's height was only 1.7 meters, a typical Sichuan man's height, but Yang Yan was 1.65 meters in high school, a very standard beauty height. Now Yang Yan's height has not changed, but Tang En has become a ghost who is more than 1.8 meters. Things are no longer what they used to be, and people are not familiar with each other for a long time, Tang En really had the urge to call out her name the moment he saw Yang Yan, but the reason in his heart stopped him. Now they should be strangers who meet for the first time.
found that this man was quite polite and spoke politely, and the unpleasantness just now was thrown aside by Yang Yan, she smiled and said, "Sir, are you a tourist?" ”
"Huh?"
"I see you're standing here a little overwhelmed......"
"Ah, yes! I'm a tourist. Donn reacted, "I heard that the University of Nottingham is one of the most beautiful universities in the UK, so I came over to have a look. But it's so big that I don't know how to turn around...... Moreover, I was afraid of getting lost. ”
Yang Yan covered her mouth and smiled, this man was frankly a little cute.
Don was distracted again...... In high school, Yang Yan was a good student in the eyes of her teachers, a good daughter in the hands of her parents, and a public lover in the hearts of her classmates. At that time, almost all the boys in the class liked her, but few had the courage to confess, and the revolutionary pioneers who finally mustered up the courage also made Yang Yan refuse with a smile. Later, there were rumors that Yang Yan's family was preparing to emigrate, and it was a girl who was going abroad and looked down on Chinese men. Many boys have been indignant about this for a long time. Don was not very popular in the class at the time, he had a very strange temper, and he didn't have many friends, let alone women. For a girl like Yang Yan, she can only watch from afar.
After graduating from high school, it didn't take two years to hear that Yang Yan really went abroad, and after another two years, everyone saw her taking photos from the UK on the online classmates, and Yang Yan in the photos became more and more beautiful and moving, and her figure was also mature. So everyone praised the beauty for growing up, and some people joked that it was cheap for foreigners. Yang Yan's consistent reply to this is "hehe".
Don wondered how well he remembered this, he thought that school life had been saying goodbye to him since graduating from college. Although he occasionally goes to the class, he never leaves a message, and even if he leaves, those people will not know who he is. When he applied to join his classmates, it caused a big discussion among his classmates about "who is he", but in the end, he still passed the application, who approved him to join......
He only knew that Yang Yan's family immigrated to the UK, but he didn't expect it to be Nottingham. What should he say? Is it fateful to meet thousands of miles away?
"If you don't know how to turn around, I can be a free tour guide for you." Yang Yan didn't realize what Tang En was thinking, she looked at the crowded campus around her and said, "I go to school here, and I'm very familiar with it." ”
Still so enthusiastic......
Don nodded: "Okay, you will be my tour guide." When he had "intimate" contact with Yang Yan like this, it was the first time for Tang En. How could such an opportunity be missed?
He remembered the original intention of coming to the University of Nottingham today: maybe he could meet a beautiful student from China and develop a beautiful long-distance relationship.
Now, it seems that there is no hope. The current Don is no longer the young boy with a strange temper and a slight inferiority.
Lao Tzu is now a thirty-four-year-old man...... But I wonder if this body is still a virgin?
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