There were many highly-watched world competitions in the summer of 2008, such as the European Cup and the Olympics.

The European Cup is a bit far from ordinary Chinese, but the Olympics are at your doorstep.

But for Chinese football fans, the European Cup may feel more intimate. Because just yesterday, the Olympics lost one of their biggest attraction.

The Chinese Football Association has announced a large list of players who have officially entered the Olympics. In addition to those who are eligible for age, over-age players are the most concerned by Chinese fans.

Before this, I have never heard of speculations about overage players on the Internet and the media. Most people think that Chu Zhongtian is selected as a team as an overage player is a foregone conclusion - isn't it normal for the best player in China to participate in the Olympics and win glory for the country?

Some media reported confidently that Chu Zhongtian had been selected for the Olympic lineup.

Just before yesterday, everyone thought so.

Only Chu Zhongtian doesn't think so.

Because since he returned to Chengdu at the end of the season, he has not received any call from the Football Association. He has not notified him that he would be on the Olympic roster, nor has he told him when he would go to where to report. He has been completely ignored.

He knew why. He had a grudge against the Football Association because he did not participate in the Asian Cup last year. Some people in the Football Association think that he was a fraudulent injury, and his actual injury was not that serious. He deliberately pretended to be seriously injured in order not to participate in the Asian Cup.

Of course, the Football Association would not say this to him directly, but he knew the Football Association's attitude because some things need not be stated explicitly. Everyone knows them in their hearts.

Although he joined the national team, he has never been able to play the main force in the national team due to tactical and human factors. Zhu Suishin has objections to him, and the leaders of the Football Association also feel that he is not obeying the discipline.

Last year's Asian Cup was a concentrated outbreak of contradictions. Chu Zhongtian's image in Chinese media has always been pretty good, but why did his restaurant open in Los Angeles attract collective condemnation from many domestic media? He said that he was not doing his job properly and only knew how to make money off the court? Logically speaking, his opening of a restaurant has nothing to do with him playing football, and the media shouldn't have such a move. When Yao Ming opened a Yao restaurant in Houston, he did not see Chinese media criticizing Yao Ming for not doing his job properly.

So why is it different when it comes to Chu Zhongtian?

Because Chinese football players have always been bad for their reputation and image? Obviously not.

In fact, this is a revenge from the superiors.

Chu Zhongtian is a very excellent player, and everyone knows this. But for the Football Association, judging whether a player is excellent is not about the player's strength and performance, but about the player's obedience. No matter how good a disobedient the player is, it is called "unorganized and undisciplined", and no matter how good an obedient the player is, it is called "unleveled and undisciplined", and no matter how good an obedient the player is, it is called "having professional ethics".

The same is true for choosing a coach. They don’t care about head coaches with excellent performance. They like obedient coaches. Because the coaches come to the national team not to coach the team at all, but to have a pair of masterminds behind the scenes to cover up the fig leaf.

If the results are good, this is the reason why the Football Association and the leaders of the General Administration of Sports are concerned. If the results are bad, it must be because the coach's coaching method is wrong, he will not unite the players, and he will not communicate well with the Chinese coaching team... Why did the Football Association go around the world after Zhu Suishen was dismissed and finally chose Duikovic? The reason is very simple, because Duikovic is obedient.

After becoming the head coach of the National Olympic Team, Dujkovic lost the power to select players and arrange troops. Everything has to be decided by the Chinese coaching staff, or to be precise, the Chinese Football Association.

Why do we do this? How many Chinese Football Association know how to coach teams? Almost none of them understand. Do they like to pretend to understand? Of course not. Officials of the Chinese Football Association are actually not stupid at all, nor are they brainless at all. They know that they cannot coach teams, so why do they have to overstep their authority? There is only one reason-the Beijing Olympics held at home is a grand event, and the Chinese National Olympic Team will participate in the competition as the host. This is the second time that Chinese football has participated in the Olympic football game since the Seoul Olympics in 1988. For professional players, this is an opportunity. Being able to participate in the Olympics means that their value will soar. Now it is no longer rare to join the national team, but it is rare to participate in the Olympics.

Since there is market demand, then the Football Association officials can naturally join the coaching team to sell seats in the National Olympic Team at a high price.

The price is clearly marked, and the bidder is first served.

Don’t think that these are all speculations by Chu Zhongtian himself. He really doesn’t know these things, but he has a Xu Xiaodi. Xu Xiaodi has a good relationship with the reporters in the circle, so you can hear a lot of inside stories from them.

Then he told Chu Zhongtian these inside stories like jokes.

Chu Zhongtian couldn't laugh, but he felt a chill on his back.

This is the Chinese Football Association, the highest institution that controls the future and future of Chinese football. This is the Olympic Games, the World Sports Games held at our doorstep. Countless fans are still fantasizing that the Chinese Olympic team can enter the knockout round at home. However, Football Association officials are taking advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

Chu Zhongtian felt so lucky that he had not received a call from the Football Association.

At least he avoided such a stain that could not be removed even in his career.

On this day, the Chinese Football Association announced the list of the national Olympic teams participating in the Beijing Olympics, and Chu Zhongtian was not among them. The three overage players were Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhi and Han Peng.

Central defender, midfielder, center forward. These three over-age players constitute the central axis of the Chinese National Olympic Team. The previously expected favorite candidate Chu Zhongtian is not among them.

After this list came out, the media lost their voices, but the Internet was in a turmoil.

Countless fans expressed their opinions on Baidu Tieba and their respective forums and QQ groups, and did not understand why Chu Zhongtian, who was not injured or sick, was defeated.

They loudly greeted the 18 generations of ancestors of Chinese Football Association officials, especially direct female relatives.

Regarding this list, Chairman Xie Yalong explained at a press conference held by the Chinese Football Association the next day: "All the players selected for the list are excellent players, we believe them. Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng and Han Peng are veterans of the national team. They have proved themselves in the national team competitions. I believe that their joining will be of great help to enhance the level of the National Olympic Team..."

A reporter stood up and asked bluntly: "What about Chu Zhongtian? Chu Zhongtian is the well-deserved core of the French Ligue 1 team Metz..."

Xie Yalong interrupted the reporter's question and said with some dissatisfaction: "The Olympics are a very important competition, and Zheng Zhi has rich experience in competition..."

The implication is that Chu Zhongtian is not experienced enough and is too young.

This obviously cannot satisfy the media. The Chinese government has many departments, which can make the media feel more or less afraid, but there is only one department that the media does not buy it or fear it. That is the Chinese Football Association. Don’t say that the Football Association is a private institution, it is an official institution in the Chinese Football Association.

For a time, the media asked questions freely about why Chu Zhongtian was not selected for the National Olympic Team.

Chairman Xie had to directly state: "I will not answer any questions about Chu Zhongtian. Because he is not a selected player, we are talking about the roster now..."

"But why Chu Zhongtian was not included in the big list is also considered a matter of the big list." The reporter was not showing any weakness.

Xie Yalong is not a chairman with a good temper. He once had a "glorious experience" of scolding fans at the game site. He didn't take it seriously.

He slapped the table and glared: "The press conference ends here!"

Then he got up and left the seat, leaving a group of reporters looking at each other.

Immediately the next day, the Chinese Football Association posted articles to all news media, asking them not to publish the relevant content of yesterday's press conference, otherwise they would be banned in all national team competitions. In other words, they would not be able to interview the national Olympic team during the Olympic Games, even if there is a single word of national Olympic news, they would not get it.

This move is common in the Chinese Football Association, and no one cares if it is usually done. Now it is very lethal - the Olympics are held at home, and the national Olympic team has a home advantage. If they perform normally, they should be able to enter the knockout round, right? Don’t look at so many people scolding Chinese football. When it really comes to such a major time, there are many people watching Chinese football. If they are really banned, the losses will be huge.

So this time, the media chose to remain silent on this matter.

But they actually knew that this matter was not over. If the National Olympic Team performed well in the Olympics and completed the pre-match goal, then everyone would pretend that it had not happened. Once the National Olympic Team performed too badly and did not qualify in the group stage, what was waiting for the Football Association was the media's settlement of the autumn future.

Although the online world still quarrels and protests continue to happen when Chu Zhongtian was not selected for the National Olympic Team. However, in the mainstream media, this matter has been downplayed as the Football Association hopes.

Only a few media interviewed Chu Zhongtian and asked him what he thought about losing the national Olympic team and how Chu Zhongtian answered.

"I don't know what I should think, but I'd better not have any."

This sentence made the Football Association further affirm this view - although Chu Zhongtian was quite honest in the national team and did not complain that he could only play as a substitute, in fact, this kid has never been an obedient and honest person.

Want to make him a banner person? I am afraid that I will shoot myself in the foot, so I will quickly break this thought.

※※※ Leave the affairs of the National Olympic Team behind, Chu Zhongtian still has his own business to be busy with.

It is June 1st, and it has just begun June. The plan to run a school has been formulated, and communication and consultation with the local government have also made breakthrough progress. All approval documents have been obtained, and the construction is waiting for the start of construction.

At first, Chu Zhongtian did it himself. After understanding the basic process, he let it go and hand it over to his father to manage it. As for him, he was ready to return to France.

In his plan, the school follows the highest standards for everything. If he doesn't have money, he can continue to invest in it. Anyway, there is nothing to spend on the money he earns. The restaurant business in Los Angeles is very prosperous and there is no problem with the funds.

One hundred euros is ten million yuan, and it is several million euros a year, only tens of millions of yuan. Can't even build a school if it is tens of millions? He thinks so.

Putting the construction of the best school for children in the disaster area aside, Chu Zhongtian is about to return to Metz.

This time I went back to Metz to deal with the house. He planned to sell his house in Metz because he probably wouldn't go back to Metz again in his career. Moreover, buying a house in France is not a smart investment. If the house is left, it will be depreciated and he will have to spend money to repair it. It's better to just sell it.

Why did he sell the house? Because Hoffenheim has officially offered Metz.

Hoffenheim's boss Hope is willing to offer Chu Zhongtian 20 million euros.

This number was told by Metz club chairman Molinari personally. According to the oral agreement they made before, Metz could release people at this price.

But Chu Zhongtian suddenly wanted to test whether Rangnik was true, and whether Hoffenheim really regarded him as a very important, indispensable person. So he asked Metz club to reject this offer, and Molinari told Hoffenheim that if he wanted to buy Chu Zhongtian, he would raise the offer.

This is how this happens in the media.

"The Bundesliga promoted team suddenly joined the competition against Chu Zhongtian!"

"Hoffenheim? Who is that?"

"Hoffenheim has officially quoted Metz, hoping to buy Chu..."

"...It is rumored that Hoffenheim offered Mets a transfer price of 20 million euros, which is the highest price known to Chu Zhongtian. I just don't know how Mets will react..."

"...I think that when Ribery left Metz last season, he brought at least 26 million euros to Metz. If Bayern Munich can pass the Champions League group stage next season, there will be another 4 million. As Chu Zhongtian, who is as famous as Metz and Ribery, he can't be less than this number, right?"

"Mess refuses the offer for the Bundesliga promoted team!"

This news definitely made many Chinese fans breathe a sigh of relief. Because before that, they heard that Hoffenheim was interested in Chu Zhongtian, they began to object. As Chinese fans, of course, I hope that the number one star of their country can go to a giant team. AC Milan fans support Chu Zhongtian to go to AC Milan. Inter Milan fans scolded every day to compete for Chu Zhongtian and AC Milan fans. The fans of the two giants of La Liga were also attacking each other for the same reason. As for Premier League fans, it was even more tragic. They argued for a long time and fancied for a long time before they found that Chu Zhongtian could not get a labor certificate at all... But no matter how they quarreled, they were surprisingly united when Hoffenheim's new enemy appeared.

There may not be anyone in China who wants Chu Zhongtian to go to Hoffenheim, an unknown person who has never heard of him before.

They tried their best to mock this newly promoted team for being "a toad wants to eat swan meat."

"Hoffenheim? What a bad name? I haven't heard of it before. A newly promoted team actually wanted to buy our Lin Danda! It's so funny!"

"Unless Chu Zhongtian's brain is burned, he will go to this team. What should he do if a team aims to relegate? One is not qualified to participate in the European competition, and the other is no hope of winning the championship... I said I'd better come to my factory!"

"Arsenal has no hope of winning the championship..."

"Go to die!"

...Of course, they will end up attacking each other.

In short, after seeing Metz rejecting Hoffenheim's offer, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Molinari is a very good person!"

"Good rejection! Let them know that not all teams are qualified to pursue our family every day!"

After rejecting Hoffenheim's offer, Molinari told the Chinese and French media: "... Chu is the best player in our team, and we will not let him leave like this..."

Who are you lying to? Don’t you want more money?

In fact, everyone knows that "he won't just leave like this", which means that the current offer cannot satisfy him.

So how can we satisfy him?

Keep quoting.
To be continued...