Chapter 13 Football School
The conversation between father and son attracted everyone's attention. Ling Feng turned his head, pushed the reading glasses upwards, and showed the virtues of an old man and looked at the father and son. His vivid appearance made Siyue secretly pinch him down, pretending to be too similar...
"Uncle, what's going on? Let's hear?" The restaurant owner is a good person. He knew that something was wrong when he saw this. He quickly got some wine and brought it up. He sat down on the side and said, "Does my eldest nephew play football too? Come and have some wine and say slowly, don't get angry at my eldest nephew."
I have to say that the boss has a very strong social skills. The uncle refused to do it at the beginning, and the boss kept saying it was free. This way, after two glasses of wine, the conversation started.
This father and son are a peasant father and son on the outskirts of Beijing. The family has no money. The child is named Zhu Yujian. He is only 15 years old this year and is not very good at studying. However, he likes to play football with his hobbies. This time his father couldn't persuade him, so the two of them came to the youth training base in Beijing to try their luck.
But when I got here, I realized that the general step is that the coach first looks at the person. If he thinks he can, he will try out for one month, and then draw potential players from it and recommend them to football schools. Very outstanding players will be reported directly and will be recommended to foreign training bases.
Of course, there is a partial handling fee.
To be honest, one thousand yuan is not too much, but for the father and son, one thousand yuan is an astronomical figure - it is not that the family is so poor that they don’t even have a thousand yuan, but the amount is really not small. Besides, it’s just a trial training, and I don’t know if the spending of this thousand yuan is worth it.
If Xiao Yujian did not receive the attention of the coach during this month of training, it would be like this thousand yuan was spent in vain.
What's more, going abroad is not that easy.
Ling Feng was the first batch of players recruited from China, and all the fees were paid by Siyue and the sucker Pepsi. As for the players themselves, as long as they have the strength and can pass the review of several coaches, he is qualified to go to a training base abroad. Regardless of food and accommodation fees, everything is covered by Ling Feng.
However, as Chinese football becomes stronger and stronger, this form naturally cannot last, and more and more people sign up, which means that the expenses are getting bigger and bigger.
According to incomplete statistics, the number of young players trained abroad has exceeded 2,000, and the control over players going abroad is becoming increasingly strict. Let's put it this way, not all the first players who went abroad are particularly excellent, but even if the young players who are qualified to go abroad do not meet the qualities of those little guys who train in Fiorentina, their qualifications in some other training bases can be ranked at the top.
As the number of people increases, the free one cannot be carried out. There is always a tuition fee for learning something, and football is no exception.
As Chinese football's level is getting higher and higher, many football schools have also risen, and they all use the slogan "If you have the ability, you can go abroad" - although this slogan can be realized, the problem is that the tuition fee is much higher...
Everyone knows that once a player becomes famous, then a lot of money and a lot of honors will follow. This initial investment is very necessary, but for some qualified but unconditional young players - such as Zhu Yujian, there are also many in China.
It’s not just China, but in other countries, the most appropriate example is Brazil, where such players are piled up.
Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho..., let's say this. Looking at the Brazilian national team, more than 80% of the players emerge from the slums, because they understand one thing: only by playing well can you get income, enter larger clubs, and earn more money.
Therefore, Brazilian players are greedy for money - among the most famous stars in the world, they are the most greedy for money - there is no way. Speaking of famous stars, Brazilians are definitely indispensable, and those who have emerged from slums since childhood are also indispensable.
Because I didn’t have money when I was a child, I only valued money when I grew up.
This situation exists in China - isn’t this what Ling Feng’s previous life was like?
The old father's words caused a discussion among other fans of the restaurant. Ling Feng listened quietly, his face turned pale, but fortunately his disguise was better, so others couldn't see it.
Now the young players have roughly the following ways of going:
1. By looking for Ling Feng’s direct subordinate, the youth football training base opened by Old Man Li and others, we conducted such a one-month trial. If we performed well, we conducted the second round of re-examination. Finally, we selected particularly outstanding players and sent them abroad for free. Since the expenses of going abroad are relatively high, this part of the money has always been borne by Ling Feng, and this has not changed. It is precisely because of this that the number of people going abroad has to be limited.
But after all, these training bases are relatively few, with only more than 20 in the country, and the requirements are extremely strict, so many young players have no chance.
Second, go to Lingfeng's direct training base. If your performance is not satisfactory, you can recommend it to the youth training base directly under each club - especially outstanding people to go abroad, and those with more outstanding people directly to the football schools of Bayern, Manchester United and other clubs in China. Good things are sent to the football schools under major domestic clubs. Ordinary...be good, go home and study honestly.
3. Register for football schools under each club. Such schools charge more expensive. The total annual expenses of a young player in the school are at least 20,000 to 30,000 yuan - this is something that ordinary families cannot afford.
4. Private football schools - private schools that recruit students under the Lingfeng brand, are even more expensive! But it is said that their upper class is related to some clubs, and they can at least recommend some players who perform well (giving more gifts and spending more money) to participate in some leagues like C and B, and then climb up.
5. There is also the most convenient way, but the difficulty is the most difficult one. It is that every year, each team only needs to pay a handling fee of several hundred yuan to participate. There are scouts there, and the coach is responsible for observing to discover good players.
But now the problem is coming again. Many of the players participating in the competition are teams from various football schools. Even if one or two young players in some miscellaneous brands have good qualifications, they are quickly covered up. Ling Feng believes very much that when his overall strength is much worse than his opponent, unless he is a very talented player, he cannot shine his own light at all. It is not a fault for those old men who have no vision.
It is probably the above five types. Zhu Yujian and his son directly chose the most direct but most difficult road, but hesitated at the intersection. Although it is the cheapest, such expenses are not supported by a poor family.
"How much does those regular training bases charge?" Siyue asked at this time, her voice hoarse, really like an old woman.
"The ones Ling Feng opened are pretty good! The charging requirements for other clubs are no longer low." Everyone discussed it all over the place. Because Ling Feng's training bases are the easiest to go abroad - compared to other schools - there are the most people coming, so naturally there will be a certain fee, but there are much fewer than those in other schools.
There are several benefits to training at Ling Feng’s direct base. One is not necessary to buy good sneakers, the second is the food is good, and the price is very reasonable. In a big city like Beijing, it is really difficult to find a place to eat meat for three yuan. Based on the first two points, the charges are more reasonable, so the father and son sighed, but did not complain. After all, the initial investment of 1,000 yuan is not expensive.
Some of the football schools under other clubs are dark, while others are not bad. Most of the students there are children of wealthy families. A pair of sneakers costs at least a few hundred yuan, and they consume faster - at least two to three pairs of them will be worn out in about a year.
As for food, let alone, the clubs transferred the money to the children, which made Ling Feng sneer on the side, and the people around him felt a little chilled.
Siyue held Ling Feng's hand under the table, and the cold breath slowly subsided. After this incident, Ling Feng had to talk to the bosses of various clubs and ask whether they really lacked money or did they not miss any opportunity to make money?
What made Ling Feng most angry was that in many schools, including his own bases, one situation is inevitable, that is, comparison.
I won’t say which one has better skills. It’s worth encouraging. Ling Feng has a deeper understanding of the principle that competition can grow. However, it’s very embarrassing and angry that who wears sneakers and who eats better.
The purpose of the management model of football schools was not to be militarized. The purpose of the management of football schools was to cultivate a large number of players who had their own ideas and could use their brains. Only players who dared to do could become top players. Ling Feng had a deep understanding of this, and this relaxed management was quite reflected in the Fiorentine training base, and the effect was very good, but it changed in China, completely changed.
"These little bastards need to be properly treated!" Ling Feng murmured in a low voice. Siyue pulled a piece of paper from the side and wrote: "These children in China, if they leave their parents' discipline, if the school does not have strong management, they will easily go astray because of playfulness. They are not familiar with the place abroad and the coach is strict in their management, so there are very few such things."
Ling Feng nodded. China is its own territory after all. If the coach is not strict in control, then the age of students like these people who love to play will naturally become more and more relaxed.
In foreign countries, we naturally have to pretend to be grandsons for a while. We are not familiar with the place, let alone what kind of coaches Ling Feng hired. According to the memories of many players who have gone abroad to train in later generations, some people even excerpted their words and published this book, which was sold quite well.
One of the attracting points is the nickname of the coach - the blonde, the perverted killer, the Pipi. Louis (Zhou Pipi foreign version), Shiren. Sosa (Huang Shiren foreign version).
Under the tireless teaching of these strict teachers, a group of young overseas players had to honestly hold up their proud tails. Of course, Ling Feng allowed them to take revenge without limits. As long as they were not worried about the coach's counter-retaliation and did not kill the coach, then everything would be OK...
Now we need to manage this in China well!
"Young man, how are your football skills?" The boss suddenly asked, "Only speaking, don't practice fake moves, not everyone can go into the Ling Feng base for trial training. If you pass the first level, we can also give us some insight. If you really have the strength, I will help you with that thousand yuan!"
"That's not OK!" The old father stood up, and he couldn't speak much. The narrative just now was so tiring that he could only keep saying: "That's not OK, this is not OK, absolutely not."
"Dad, don't be polite!" The others also shouted: "It's just one thousand yuan. If my eldest nephew really can make a name for himself, the money will be worth it. We will pay together, and each of us will only have a meal, otherwise we will not be able to feel at ease in our entire life!"
Many people even smiled and said, "If Ling Feng is destroyed in our hands like this, then we are really the sinners of Chinese football!"
Xiao Yujian scratched his head embarrassedly and looked at his father like help. His father sighed and nodded.
Everyone applauded, and the boss quickly took out a ball from behind. Everyone laughed and said, "Hey! Old Liu! Isn't it ugly! The football signed by Ling Feng by himself! It's not fake!"
"You guys are all old customers, and the boss was not angry and cursed with a smile: "You can see clearly, Adidas Bundesliga special ball! When Ling Feng was in the Bundesliga, a friend of mine got it for me and sold it to me. Look at the signature, one in Chinese and the other in German, Ling Feng's patent!"
Siyue pursed her lips and smiled slightly. Ling Feng scratched his head awkwardly. His habit of signing was really a bit...
Zhu Yujian held the ball, as if he was holding a baby - it was indeed a baby. Adidas's Bundesliga special ball, the price in China is at least 300 yuan. With Ling Feng's signature for collection, the price will be doubled at least.
"Big nephew, what position do you like to play the most?" someone asked: "What are your specialties? Are you pushing the ball? Passing the ball or shooting?"
"I..." Zhu Yujian said hesitantly, holding the ball, "I am used to defending, and I usually have a midfielder."
"That's hard to deal with..." Everyone exchanged glances. It was difficult to reflect his defensive ability in such a performance. I originally wanted to see his skills, but now it's a bit troublesome.
Chapter completed!