"6 o'clock? So early?" Cao Wei looked at Ye Shiyi in surprise, and then smiled. The boy was finally willing to correct his attitude.

"By the way, where is the coach and the captain? Why haven't they come yet?" Cao Wei looked around, but he didn't see Lei Dong and Feng Bu's figures, and asked strangely.

"They... were invited by the principal to have tea..."

Principal's Office

Lei Dongru sat on the sofa with needles and needles, and the teacup in front of him was steaming, but he didn't dare to taste it at all. On the other hand, Feng Bu, who was sitting beside him, picked it up without hesitation and put it to his mouth to pour it carefully.

"Xiao Lei, why are you standing there? It will be cold if you don't drink tea." An old man with a medium figure with a little white eyebrows, a little messy hair combed back, and a pair of fashionable round glasses between his nose sat opposite him and said to Lei Dong.

Although he is an old man, he is very energetic and looks very energetic, unlike the temperament that ordinary elderly people can have.

"Teacher, no, principal, just say it if you have something to do, don't be so polite!" Lei Dong couldn't stand the principal's approach of first politeness and then soldiers, which made people feel very stressed.

Therefore, Redon likes to go straight to the topic, and is likely to be influenced by the principal in front of him.

"Xiao Lei, you are still so anxious for so many years." The principal also picked up the teacup and took a sip and recalled: "It's been a long time since we were sitting and drinking tea and talking while drinking tea. I remember the last time we drank tea, it was when you returned to school, and the last time we went to school, it was when you left school..."

"Okay, okay, Principal, I know I was wrong this time, so I will definitely not give it to you!" Lei Dong picked up the teacup in front of him and immediately drank it all after speaking.

"Actually, this is not the coach. I'm a good decision. I'm sorry, principal." Feng Bu interrupted, but there was no regret in his words, just a verbal apology.

Lei Dong was ashamed, and Feng Bu might be the only one in the school who dared to talk to the principal like this.

"Xiao Lei, since you became the football coach of our school, you have won the reputation of Qiucheng Model Football School in just two years and have also been qualified for the National High School Competition. All these contributions are brought by you. The school is very happy with your contribution." The principal ignored Feng Bu, and still poured tea and said in a standard official accent.

"This is what I should do..." Redon didn't know how to answer, so he could only answer with the most common standard answer.

"As a model football school, it is necessary to have a good stadium, so this year the school invested a huge amount of money to renovate a professional football field, which is also to give you a better working environment. But for this professional football field, it is a big deal to make the school's finances hurt. Not to mention the regular turf maintenance of the football field, such as the big lights are usually on, it is a considerable expense." The principal took care of himself and finally got to the bottom of his business.

"Principal, it's my fault that I didn't report turning on the lights privately. I admit my mistake, but that's because of an emergency. I plan to report it to you after turning it on." Lei Dong smiled apologized.

Alas, Lei Dong thought that the coach only needed to do a good job in managing the team, but now he was like the player era and had to fight wits and courage with the superiors.

"You still play with me first and then play this trick, right?" The principal suddenly knocked Lei Dong on the head. Fortunately, the principal didn't really want to knock Lei Dong, and he didn't use much force, just wanted to educate this brat.

"Fortunately, the big lights have not been on for a long time and the power consumption is not too much, so I don't care about the problem of not filing a report. However, the crime of death is avoided, and the crime of living cannot be escaped. The electricity bill for turning on the big lights last night was borne by Coach Lei, and it was considered a fine." The principal smiled.

"This...don't!" After hearing the first half of the sentence, Lei Dong thought he could escape, but after listening to the second half of the sentence, his face suddenly turned into bitter melon color. It turned out that he was waiting for me here!

Originally, he didn't have much salary when he was a team coach at Qiucheng High School. At most, he played a guest appearance in the physical education teacher and got another portion of the physical education teacher's money. Although Lei Dong has a registered coaching qualification certificate and can get some coach subsidies, overall, the money is still pitifully small and he can only barely maintain his life. Otherwise, he wouldn't have lived at his sister's house for the time being.

Now I have to pay the electricity bill for the stadium's big lights. Although it has not been opened for a long time, even if I open this thing for a while, it will still cost money. This undoubtedly makes Lei Dong, who is short of money, even worse.

Lei Dong thought that he hadn't even saved enough of his wife, so where did he get the money to pay the fine?

Damn it, when did the principal, the principal, become so stingy?

The principal looked at Lei Dong's bitter face and couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, Xiao Lei is still so easy to fool. If you get married in the future, you will be led by your wife."

Seeing the principal laughing inappropriately, Lei Dong realized that he had been fooled.

"What marriage am I getting? Now there are more coaches like me in Chinese football. I have to fight for the road to build Chinese football so that I will not consider my children's love affair!" Lei Dong didn't want to talk about his personal issues in front of others.

It would be fine if there was only the principal, but there was Feng Bu next door. He would finally feel despised when he said this in front of the child. After all, most young people now have richer feelings than their own emotional experiences.

"Uh, coach, you haven't gotten married yet..." Feng Bu seemed to have heard the shocking secret and looked at Lei Dong with disbelief.

"Ahem, I used to focus on football, and I didn't have time to think about it." Lei Dong looked righteous and threw the blame on football, but the fact is indeed the case.

The principal stopped laughing and began to say seriously: "Xiao Lei, I won't pursue this matter, but it's better to do less in this matter in the future. After all, I can protect it once, but I can't protect it twice or three times. With more times, the school board has even more complaints. They had a lot of opinions when they were building a new stadium..."

"Principal, I understand." Lei Dong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the principal finally got serious. It seemed that he was not going to pursue him anymore.

"Principal, I'm calling me here this time. I want my dad to settle the board of directors? Or give me a warning?" Feng Bu seemed to understand something after hearing the principal's words.

"Hey, classmate Feng, why would I ask you to do such a thing? Chairman Feng manages a lot of things every day, how can he have time to deal with such things? Although other directors have a lot of opinions on the school's football program, after all, this is the national policy, so we still have to call on and implement it, right?" The principal said seriously, but there was a hint of cunning in his eyes.

"Although I don't want to do it, for the sake of the team, okay! I will give my dad some tips on it. After all, how can I oppose the country's policies?" Feng Bu said with a smile.

"I just like smart kids like you." The principal was also very happy, and raised his teacup and drank it all with Feng Bu.

Lei Dong listened and understood everything. It turned out that not everyone in the school supported football. What's more important is that he actually saw Feng Bu like this today. In my impression, although Feng Bu is much more confident than ordinary students, this kind of worldly and smoothness that he should have at this age is not the first time. In what environment did he see Feng Bu become like now?

Lei Dong sighed. If he could have Feng Bu's tactful and sophisticated nature, his playing career back then would not have been so bleak.

Since Qiucheng High School is a semi-private school, some matters need to be decided by the board of directors and the school. But as far as Redon knows, the board of directors still slightly overestimates the school in terms of power, because the board of directors has invested a lot of money in the school, after all, the rich are the old men.

Relying on the strong funds of the board of directors, Qiucheng High School’s teaching staff, teaching facilities and teaching environment are among the best in the city, becoming a key high school, and even ranking in western provinces.

Lei Dong knew some of Feng Bu's family backgrounds. Feng Bu's father was the chairman of the board of directors of Qiucheng High School, which means that the goalkeeper of his team, and the person sitting next door to him was the prince of the school boss.

The principal looked at Lei Dong and sighed, thinking he didn't understand, so he explained: "Not everyone on the board of directors supports the school to open a football team, because this project is too expensive. According to their ideas, it's better to use the money to update a batch of teaching equipment."

"Actually, they are not wrong to think so." Lei Dong did not object, nodded helplessly, but understood.

"Coach, why do you say that? Their objection is very unfavorable to our team!" Feng Bu didn't understand at this time. The opinions on the board of directors will be related to the survival of the team.

Lei Dong smiled. Although Feng Bu seemed to be very good at being a kind person, he was still a high school student and he didn't understand such things.

Lei Dong took a sip of tea and said, "From the investor's perspective, instead of investing money in a high-risk matter where you can only get profits by building a football team and participating in national competitions, it is better to invest money in students with a larger base and lower risk, so that they can compete for a quick return from the college entrance examination."

"There are only 20 people in the football team. Only when they give money to play games can they receive profits. Moreover, sometimes they may not be able to achieve results. If they cannot achieve results, isn't this just a waste of money?"

"Where are students? I've got a lot of them. In addition, Qiucheng High School is a key school, so I invested in some teaching funds, and maybe I'd have more students who were admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University. What do you think is the profit of this business?"

Lei Dong said this with some resentment because he thought about his experience before becoming a professional player and had faced the choice of academic or football. In such an environment, choosing the latter would be a rebellious one.

This was the case when I was a student, and it was still the case after so many years.
Chapter completed!