"Hey, is this Li Zhao? I'm Lao Gao!" Gao Hongbo said on the phone, without any pretense at all.

"Oh, Director Gao, what's the matter?" Li Zhao said after calming down.

"That's it. First of all, I can only say sorry for what you asked me to do last time. I can't recruit you into the national company. Although I am now the vice chairman, there are some rules that I still can't break."

Gao Hongbo said slightly apologetically.

"It doesn't matter. In fact, I should have thought of it a long time ago. Without enough strength, everything is just a dream after all!" Li Zhao sighed, as if he wanted to understand some of the reasons, although he was not sure whether the other party already knew his nationality.

thing, but the sense of loss in my heart is growing uncontrollably.

"But don't worry, even if you can't participate, I will try my best to bring other players into the Olympic team or even higher-level national teams." Gao Hongbo promised.

"Then please. However, if you go to Guozihao, I hope you can give these players more opportunities to play, instead of just filling up the number. In that case, it is really meaningless." Li Zhao said.

"This~, I can't guarantee it. It mainly depends on the head coach's arrangements. And if I rashly ask for it, it will be unfair to the veteran players." Gao Hongbo said.

Li Zhao's heart sank, but he could understand this situation. Even in other national teams, the phenomenon of ranking based on seniority also existed, but it was not necessarily so serious, so he stopped forcing it. Then he asked: "Then

, can you agree to my last request?"

"Say it!" Gao Hongbo said.

"There shouldn't be any important games in recent times, so I hope that some insignificant friendly matches and long training sessions can avoid calling them up as much as possible. After all, I and you also need them, and secondly, we need them so frequently.

Traveling around will have a great impact on them in all aspects," Li Zhao said.

"Um~, I'm sorry, I don't have the authority, and the main purpose of contacting you this time is to issue an announcement. Four people, Wang Ziyi, Zhang Yuning, Halke and Dana, are now being recruited to join the National Olympic Team of Country C. They must be on May 5

Report back to China before May 5th to participate in the next four-nation invitational tournament between China, Myanmar, India and Pakistan." Gao Hongbo said.

"It's another friendly match of this nature. Against such an opponent, so what if we win the championship in the end! Since the positions of my brothers cannot be guaranteed, don't waste their precious time. And don't you think you can call up five of them at once?"

"People were very disappointed with me" Li Zhao.

"Li Zhao, let me emphasize again. This is a recruitment, not a request. The recruitment order was decided by the chairman, and you have no right to represent them." Gao Hongbo couldn't help but increase the tone of his words.

"I played so hard for the national team. Even after I left the country, I still tried my best to seek welfare for the players. Is this how you repay me?" Li Zhao finally calmed down at this moment.

Unable to control his emotions, he felt that his heart had gone cold. After saying this, he hung up the phone.

Not long after, Li Zhao received two more phone calls, both from officials representing the Football Association, and their tone was obviously unkind, and they were directly rejected by the angry Li Zhao.

"What you are doing is not good!" Doleza said. She rarely saw Li Zhao get angry, so she was frightened by his behavior just now.

"There's nothing wrong with it, I think that's how it should be!" Li Ruolan's attitude was completely different. If she had encountered this kind of thing, her reaction would have been even greater.

"Forget it, let's go back first and then talk about it!" Li Zhao went back with them with chaotic thoughts.

After arriving at the club, Li Zhao went back to the dormitory alone. He wanted to have some quiet time and didn't want to be disturbed by anyone.

After lying in bed all afternoon, Li Zhao fell into a drowsy sleep when his cell phone rang again. This time the caller was Xu Genbao. He didn't have to answer other people's calls, but he had to answer this call.

His mood also improved a lot.

"Hey, Dad Xu, you also know the news!" Li Zhao said lazily while lying on the bed. As for this title, it also changed as their relationship further improved.

After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, Xu Genbao said, "Your voice sounds like you haven't woken up. What's wrong?"

"Oh, I just took a nap and I just woke up now. Father Xu must be here to be a lobbyist too!" Li Zhao said boredly.

"Can you put this matter aside for now? With your decadent look, are you still the Li Zhao I know?" Xu Genbao paused here, then continued: "The Li Zhao I know is an optimistic, positive and hard-working person.

, and will never be defeated by any difficulty."

"Thank you, dad, for looking up to me, but you have no idea what I've been through. I'm just a mortal, and I will get tired and shrink. I'm not as strong as you think." Li Zhao said sadly.

After another moment of silence on the other end of the phone, Xu Genbao sighed: "Son, I'm really sorry for you. In fact, I understand what you said, and I also understand what happened. Those officials at the Football Association will not be polite to you.

, and it was precisely because I was afraid that you wouldn’t be able to accept it that I called you specifically.”

"I'm sorry, dad." Li Zhao's attitude was obviously much more sincere this time.

"Now that you have figured it out, just open the door. Do you want Xiaofan to continue waiting outside the door?" Xu Genbao said.

"Teacher Fan, he's here!" Li Zhao became more energetic at this moment and jumped up from the bed.

"Yes, originally I wanted to come in person, but I had something to do and couldn't leave at the moment, so I had to let him do it for me. If you don't open the door quickly, he will scold you based on his temper." After Xu Genbao said this, he hung up.

Telephone.

Li Zhao finally understood that Fan Zhiyi must have bumped into the door when he came to see him, which triggered Xu Genbao's subsequent call. So he didn't dare to be lazy anymore. After cleaning up, he hurried to open the door. Only then did he realize that in order not to be disturbed, he had opened the door.

The door had been locked before.

When he called the door, he found Fan Zhiyi standing in front of the door with a dark face.

"I'm sorry, Teacher Fan, for keeping you waiting for so long." Li Zhao said embarrassedly.

"You finally opened the door! Thanks to you, I have the opportunity to go abroad. This is my first time in Brazil. Not to mention, your place is not easy to find. I also walked around for a long time before I came in.

, you turned me down as soon as you came here." Fan Zhiyi said.

"I'm really sorry!" Li Zhao said and invited him into the room.

"I said you have a pretty good reputation. Has your temper increased as your skills have grown?" Fan Zhiyi said again after sitting down.

Thinking that it was almost done, Fan Zhiyi changed the subject and said: "But you are the first one who can defeat someone like Lao Gao and dare to directly contradict him. I admire you for this. I may not be able to do it."

What a courage.

Of course, if this matter is put on my head, I can't agree. You did the right thing this time, sometimes you should be tougher, otherwise those officials will think you are easy to bully, and they will only push you further in the future."

"Dad Xu, there should be something important he wants you to say!" Li Zhao did not pick up his words, but went straight to the topic.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Director Xu also told me that I must make it clear to you. No matter what, I will still go to the recruitment. This is the basic attitude, and I hope you can put the overall situation first. As for the follow-up

After a few of them return to China, Director Xu will help with the operation, just treat it as a formality.

The level of your current Brazilian League Two is actually much lower than before, so even if you delay one or two games, it should be fine. I believe you can catch up quickly." Fan Zhiyi said.

"In principle, I can agree to this matter, but it still depends on the attitude of the team members." Li Zhao was actually a disguised compromise.

"If that's the case, it should be fine. Be happy and don't hold it back all the time. I heard they said you haven't been in a good mood all day." Fan Zhiyi said.

Li Zhao finally showed a rare smile, but his smile stopped after a short time, but he remembered the thing that made him sad again.

"What's wrong with you?" Fan Zhiyi felt the change in his mood.

"Oh, it's nothing. By the way, it's a rare time for you to come here, so I'll accompany you to look around!" Li Zhao covered it up.

"No, you must be hiding something from me. Tell the truth, otherwise I won't go anywhere." Fan Zhiyi knew this junior brother quite well.

Li Zhao hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to tell the story about his citizenship being revoked. This was also a kind of confession for him, but when he finished telling all this, he couldn't help but shed tears. Youdao is a man

Don't shed tears easily, but not to the point of sadness, but this made Fan Zhiyi on the side suffer from embarrassment.
Chapter completed!