Chapter Thirty-Second Master Gross Kreuz
The next day, Zhou Yi went out with his schoolbag on his back, and Cortana happened to go out to school with Hannah, and the three of them met at the door...
Seeing this, Hannah asked Zhou Yi: "I will watch you play in front of the TV, Zhou Yi!"
"Didn't it be said that the chance of appearing is very small, Hannah?" Zhou Yi shook his head.
"It's also fun to see you sitting on the bench! I also met a big star!" Hannah was very excited.
"Hey, it's still far from the stars..." Zhou Yi was modest in his mouth, but he was quite happy in his heart. Everyone likes to be praised and flattered.
Cortana saw through Zhou Yi's little thoughts from the side: "Are you secretly happy?"
Zhou Yi quickly looked stern: "No, I'm very sober!"
"Haha." Cortana smiled and stopped talking.
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After coming to the training ground, Zhou Yi completed today's training with the team, the whole team took a bus to the airport and planned to take a plane to the away game.
On the bus, Groskreuz asked Zhou Yi: "Zhou Yi, have you carried such a small bag?"
"Yes. We're just going to stay for a day and play a game." Zhou Yi said.
"No matter what, there should be a small suitcase. Decorate skin care products, facial cleansers, etc., and put on a few books... Are you reading books? Just install a computer if you don't read books... Clothes, clothes are the most important. You have to bring several sets of clothes..." Groskreuz began to teach Zhou Yi. "You are a public figure now. You will often appear in front of fans and in the media's shots. You must pay attention to your clothes and don't wear them casually, otherwise you will be laughed at by the media. Haven't you been blocked by the security guard before because you were wearing like fans?"
"What if you are stuck outside the stadium by the away security guard because you are dressed like a fan and you are not allowed to enter the stadium at all? By then, Zhou Yi, you will be honored to be the first player to be blocked by the away security guard! You will make the headlines of major media and become famous in an instant!"
"But don't think this is a good thing. When your personal image is damaged, your sponsor may reconsider the endorsement contract signed with you. At that time, the loss will not only be the media's evaluation. There are also real money!"
Zhou Yi was stunned when he heard this and he didn't care much about his clothes. His concept of clothes was still based on his student-time idea: what to wear, what to wear, what to wear, and what to wear, and he didn't care about the style and brand of the clothes. He didn't even consider the price. He thought that clothes were just a piece of cloth, as long as they could cover their bodies and keep warm.
But now Groslereuitz seems to have opened a door to a new world for him, letting him know that the players dress so much. He used to read the news that they just thought it was the players who were flirting with beauty and love to dress up, but he didn't expect that there was another person's personal image and so many "functions".
Just as Zhou Yi began to seriously consider whether he would buy a few new clothes when he went back, and then he would look for Hannah to refer to it... He heard Groskreuz say again: "Of course. I'm a bit far. Now you don't have to think so much. What image do you need to look at the water dispenser? You don't need it at all!"
Big Cross spread his hands, shook his head and sighed.
"Uncle!" Zhou Yi opened his mouth and blurted out his mother tongue.
"What did you say?" Groskreutz didn't understand.
"Ah, this is a kind of honorific title. In our northern Chinese dialect, ‘uncle’ means elders, and it is used to express respect for a person. I am thanking you for explaining so much for me, Kevin." Zhou Yi started to talk nonsense seriously.
But how could Groskreuz hear Zhou Yi’s nonsense? He doesn’t understand Chinese. He can only speculate whether Zhou Yi is joking or to be honest through Zhou Yi’s expression. From Zhou Yi’s upright expression, he naturally believes what Zhou Yi said.
"How did you pronounce that word? Zhou Yi?" After being said by Zhou Yi, Glockreutz became particularly interested in this word title full of respect.
"Uncle." Zhou Yi re-read it and placed the emphasis on the word "big", almost as if he was pronunciating it with gritted teeth.
"Take a pinch?" Groskreuz repeated.
"No, it's the uncle!"
"Big pinch?"
"uncle!"
"Mr. Da?"
"It's very close, but pay attention to the pronunciation when pronunciation should be on the first word 'big', and this pronunciation should be reread. Like this. 'big'!" Zhou Yi asked Groskreuz to see his lip shape.
"uncle."
"Hey, it's almost done this time!"
In this way, Zhou Yi said "uncle" to Groskreuz over and over again, and he had enough of his mouth.
Groskreuz finally learned it. Then on the bus, he stood up from his seat and announced to his teammates excitedly: "Everyone! I have a new nickname!"
Everyone was attracted by him and turned their heads to look at him.
"From now on, don't call me the 'big cross' anymore, please call me... 'uncle'! Me! 'uncle' Groskreuz!"
Zhou Yi, who was sitting next to him, lowered his head and placed his head on the back of the front seat to prevent others from seeing his silent and crazy laughter...
He could already imagine the scene when everyone saw Groskreuz "screaming" him "uncle". The scene was so beautiful...
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This is the first time Zhou Yi has played away with the first team, but after personal experience, he feels that it is no different from when he was training in Austria and Switzerland before the season.
Moreover, Chinese people have been accustomed to living collective life since childhood, so it is no difficulty for Zhou Yi to adapt to semi-collective life like this.
Before the game, he was divided into a room with the team's striker Lucas Barrios.
Because he had been in contact with him for more than a month of training abroad, Zhou Yi and Barrios were not completely strangers, but they were not very close friends. Of course, this was not a problem with Zhou Yi, but Barrios's, because Barrios was a Paraguayan, spoke Spanish and had no language with his new teammates, which made him less contact with others.
Until now, Barrios only knows some simple German conversations, which makes him not closely related to his new teammates, and this may be one of the reasons why he did not score goals in seven consecutive games.
But this is nothing to Zhou Yi.
After entering the room with Barrios, Zhou Yi said in German: "It is said that I snore when I sleep. Although I have never heard of it, they all say that when I live in the same room as me, so you don't mind me snoring, do you?"
When Barrios saw Zhou Yi say a lot, but didn't understand it much, he looked confused.
Seeing this, Zhou Yi directly simulated the sound of snoring and made a sleeping action.
When Barrios saw this, he understood. He shook his head and said, "No, I don't mind."
Zhou Yi nodded happily: "That's good, that's good. If you don't have a good rest, it will affect your condition. You are our main striker!"
This sentence is relatively simple, and Barrios understood it. When he heard the word "main force", his face didn't look very good.
Zhou Yi also realized that he was wrong and said that Barrios is facing now even if he could not pay attention to it, he would hear from many channels. The "main" forward who did not score goals in seven consecutive games feels like irony no matter how he hears it.
So he quickly apologized: "Uh, sorry."
Barrios waved his hand: "It's okay, Zhou Yi. You don't need to apologize."
Zhou Yi scratched his head. He wanted to say something. Not responding would make the scene a little awkward, but he didn't know what to say. It's best not to discuss this topic in depth...
So he used the excuse to go out to find his teammates and slipped out.
After leaving the door, he let out a long sigh and he could feel that as soon as his "main force" exited, the temperature inside the room dropped twice instantly. Barrios was surrounded by a black negative energy mist. In such an environment, it was so depressing...
But it's not Barrios' fault. Anyone who gets his position will probably be tortured by huge pressure.
As the team's most famous forward signing, Summer came to the team and spent 4.2 million euros to the club, which is a big deal for the Dortmund club not having a good financial situation.
The transfer fee of 4.2 million euros is Dortmund's transfer bid this summer. This "honor" is shared by Barrios and main center back Hummels.
The transfer fees of others are basically not worth mentioning. For the same striker, Langlov only spent one million euros to Dortmund.
Throughout the summer, Dortmund spent only three transfers. The others were either promoted by the reserve team and the youth team, such as Zhou Yi and Gotze. They were either free transfers, such as Groskreuz. They were either using their players to exchange with the opponent, such as Sven Bend, who was exchanged with Rukavina and Munich 1860, and they didn't spend a penny.
Since Dortmund almost went bankrupt, it has pursued a fiscal policy of reducing its weight and invested as little as possible in buying people.
So Barrios's 4.2 million euros are not a big deal in Bayern Munich, but in Dortmund it is already the most expensive transfer expense this summer.
With such an expensive transfer fee, he didn't score goals in seven consecutive rounds... Even if the team's performance is good, Barrios will bear tremendous pressure, not to mention that the team's performance is not good now, Barrios still has to take the blame for the team's poor results.
Although he sympathized with Barrios, Zhou Yi couldn't help with such things. It was embarrassing to stay in the house. It would be better to be out of sight and not upset...
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Chapter completed!