Fox in the Penalty Area

Gao Youjun thought he was lucky at first, but now he doesn't think so.

When he inadvertently went to interview Hu Lai and heard the news, he thought he had dug up a great big news. If this matter was thrown out, it would definitely detonate Lingnan football.

At that time, he was completely dizzy at the scene.

It wasn't until he returned to the club that he regained his composure.

The revelation from Hu Lai's mouth is a very serious accusation for Sun He.

As the saying goes, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately.

Hu Lai said it, if he is exposed again, the blame will be on Hu Lai's head, and it will also be on his Gao Youjun's head.

As the director of the youth training of the Poseidon Club, although Sun He usually appears in the news very infrequently, he is still the number one figure in the Lingnan football circle.

Those with social status and connections.

If I rashly revealed this information, would I offend some people?

That's almost certain.

If this is true, it's okay to say.

But if it's not true, it's just Hu Lai's hilarity, then Hu Lai may at most make an apology, and he won't be able to get along in the Lingnan football circle at all...

After all, he offended the director of youth training of a Chinese Super League club, and the director of youth training is also the general manager of the club.

You must be cautious with this revelation.

Gao Youjun began to collect evidence.

To point the finger at Sun He, he always needs some real evidence.

But it's a pity that he searched the Internet, no matter what keywords he changed, he couldn't find what Hu Lai said.

Does this mean that Hu Lai is talking nonsense?

Gao Youjun didn't want to think so.

Because although he didn't find anything about Sun He and Hu Lai, he knew that since Sun He took office, he would hear some complaints about the Poseidon Club's youth training from time to time.

Those who have good things compared Zhao Kangming's Poseidon results with Sun He's Poseidon youth training results, and concluded that Sun He's youth training level is far inferior to Zhao Kangming.

There is a rumor on the Internet that Sun He did not do well when he was working at the Transit Football School. He is a coach that the Transit Football School does not want, but he can transform himself into the youth training director of the impressive Chinese Super League team Poseidon Club. There are tricks!

Although many things here can be explained from another angle, such as the decline in the youth training level of the Poseidon Club is related to the club's adjustment of the youth training strategy, Sun He may not be responsible for it.

But if a person is always surrounded by such and such criticisms, it more or less shows that there is something wrong with him.

Based on such speculation, Gao Youjun felt that what Hu Lai said should not be all made up.

He might want to disgust the Poseidon Club and Sun He out of the mentality of arguing against his mentor.

But if there is no such thing at all, how stupid is he to drag himself into the water just to vent his anger on his mentor?

Based on his observation and understanding of Hu Lai, he felt that Hu Lai should not be such a stupid person.

Although there is no definite evidence about this matter on the Internet, Gao Youjun decided to look at this matter from another angle.

To put it bluntly, isn't it because Sun He forced Hu Lai away after he entered the Poseidon Youth Training Camp?

So whether he said those things to Hu Lai is actually not the point, the point is whether he really drove Hu Lai away.

Gao Youjun felt that he could save the country with curves, so he asked around.

Anyway, he also has a friend "informant" in the Sea God Club, so why not just ask?

Thinking of this, he found a name in the address book and dialed it.

"Old Huang, I want to ask you something... You know Hu Lai, you know Sun He, then you know..."

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"Hu Lai, why didn't you tell that reporter, 'Ask about suicide again'?"

After staying in the hotel,

After a short rest, everyone took a car to Nanshan Stadium, the home stadium of the Poseidon team, for field adaptation training.

In the car, Wang Guangwei asked Hu Lai such a question.

"The reporter didn't continue to ask me, why did I say 'Ask suicide again'?" Hu Lai spread his hands.

"Hu Lai, you are so insidious. You specifically picked this matter before the start of the game. You are afraid that the opponent is not messy enough..." Chen Xingyi, who was in front of him, knelt on the seat and lay on the back of the seat Talk to Holly.

"Why am I so insidious? No one has asked about this before. Is it possible that I still have to spread the word? Doesn't that make me look like a resentful woman who was dumped by Brother Huan?"

Zhang Qinghuan, who was sitting next to Chen Xingyi, turned his head and glared at Hu Lai: "Damn Hu Lai, just say you, don't get involved with me!"

"A metaphor, Brother Huan, it's just a metaphor, rhetorical technique, understand?" Hu Lai waved his hands nonchalantly.

No one in the room was surprised by what Hu Lai told about the past, because they already knew it. When Hu Lai explained to his teammates why he came to Shining Star from Sea God, he said this.

So no fuss.

"I don't think things are so easy to deal with. Hu Lai, do you have any evidence to prove that Sun He said that to you?"

"How could I? I didn't know he would say that at the time, and there was no recording. But he said it in front of everyone in the youth team after training. I don't think I'm the only one who heard it?" Hu Le shook his head.

"Then why hasn't anyone come out and said so far?"

"No one asked...I'm doing well in Xingxing now, so they don't think it's necessary to talk about the past shit?" Hu Lai guessed.

"Then there is no evidence for what you said, how can the media expose it?"

"I don't care about that. If the media wants to make a fuss, of course they have to find evidence by themselves. If I even give them the recording of the conversation, they may think that I deliberately framed Sun He again." Hu Lai shook his head, Didn't really care about it.

For him, it was just a casual mention. Of course it would be great if he could make Sun He sick. If not... Isn't there still a competition?

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Gao Youjun put down the phone.

Although he didn't get direct evidence of the conversation between Hu Lai and Sun He, he did get the record of youth team games since Hu Lai joined the Poseidon youth team.

This thing is not a secret. It stands to reason that if the work of Chinese football in statistics is more professional, this thing should be easily found on various statistics websites or the Poseidon Club's own website.

However, due to the backward awareness of Chinese football in data management, ordinary youth team game data can only be shelved in the club's database, which is rarely known.

He discovered one thing by looking through these game records - when Zhao Kangming was still the head of the youth training of Poseidon, Hu Lai's playing time in the youth team was still at a normal level.

When he first joined the Seagod youth team, he didn't even have a minute of playing time for the youth team. This is normal, because he has just changed from a student player to a player in the professional football club echelon. He is not familiar with the team, and his training has not been on the right track. Naturally, he does not have the qualifications and ability to represent the youth team.

But as he spent more and more time in the Poseidon youth team, he gradually began to play in the youth team.

Of course, he didn't just jump into the main player of the Seagod youth team, but instead oscillated back and forth between a substitute and a marginal player.

As time passed, his playing time in the Poseidon youth team also increased little by little.

His performance is getting better and better.

Hu Lai's highlight performance in the youth team was in December 2021. In this month, the Poseidon youth team played three games. In these three games, Hu Lai started two games, came off the bench once, and scored goals in all three games , and scored twice in the last game.

Ended his first season in the Poseidon youth team with such a good performance.

According to Gao Youjun's understanding, Hu Lai's performance is enough for him to play more games in the youth team in the new season, right?

But no.

The Poseidon Club began to have conflicts between Zhao Kangming and the club's general manager Zhang Qiang in January 2022. In mid-February, Zhao Kangming resigned and left the club, and Sun He became the club's new youth training director.

Gao Youjun noticed that since Sun He became the director of youth training, Hu Lai has never been selected for the game lineup. Until he transferred and left the club in the middle of the season, he didn't play even a minute for the Poseidon youth team.

Do you think it's a coincidence?

After Zhao Kangming resigned and before Sun He came, Hu Lai still played for the Poseidon youth team.

But as soon as Sun He came, his appearance record came to an abrupt end.

Gao Youjun further noticed that Chen Mo, who was then the head coach of the Poseidon youth team, resigned at that time.

Gao Youjun didn't know whether Sun He told Hu Lai that he had no future in the Poseidon youth team.

But he knew that after Sun He came, Hu Lai couldn't play in the youth team. There must be a problem and a reason.

Hu Lai was not injured, so it is impossible to miss half of the season due to injury.

It is unlikely that he performed well before because he was not strong enough to get a chance to play.

The players of the youth team were in the stage of raising the ball, but they didn't have a minute of playing time. I believe anyone who knows a little bit about football knows what this move means.

So even though there was no other evidence, Gao Youjun was inclined to believe Hu Lai's words.

Thinking of this, he got up from his seat, took the materials he had organized in his hand, and walked towards the editor-in-chief's office.

This kind of news involving the management of the local Chinese Super League club in Lingnan City, he, a small reporter, is not yet qualified to decide whether to publish it or not.

And even if something happened, wouldn't the editor-in-chief help him with it?

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In the editor-in-chief's office, Gao Youjun put all the ins and outs and information about this matter that he had compiled on the editor-in-chief's desk.

After the editor-in-chief finished reading it, he was silent for a few seconds and then asked, "How confident are you in your analysis?"

Gao Youjun said very conservatively: "Uh, I don't know, boss. I just made a logical reasoning based on the information I know, and finally came to such a conclusion - Hu Lai's original transfer is very likely to be with Sun He There's a huge relationship."

He had already decided in his heart that if the editor-in-chief did not agree to post it, he would not post it for now.

Then I continued to look for information by myself, at most, I couldn't keep up with the heat of this FA Cup semi-final. But he believes that if this matter is verified by him, then it will be exposed, and it doesn't need any FA Cup semi-finals, and it can still cause a little sensation in the Lingnan football circle.

"Well... I suggest that when you do this, you should not use affirmative sentences, use interrogative sentences, and don't jump to conclusions lightly. Just put out what you have now, and then tell your reasonable inferences. Don't give conclusions. See People will naturally come to their own conclusions." The editor-in-chief knocked on the table.

Gao Youjun's eyes lit up: "Tall, boss! It's really tall!"

The editor-in-chief didn't listen to him, but asked him again: "When do you plan to post it?"

"Originally, I thought I'd compile it into a video tonight and post it on our Douyin Toutiao account, as well as the official account, official Weibo, etc..." Gao Youjun said, "But then I thought that it would be half-time with Shan Xing soon." It's the finals, I'm afraid posting these things will affect Sea God's preparations..."

"You kid isn't telling the truth." The old editor smiled and pointed at Gao Youjun. "Do you think Poseidon will affect the performance of the game because of this news? You think too much. What does the youth training have to do with the first team? Can a Sun He affect the performance of the first team? Of course, it does not rule out that the Poseidon team lost Using that as an excuse after the game...but I think the chances of either the Poseidon losing or the incident being an excuse are too low."

After speaking, the editor-in-chief threw the things back to Gao Gaoyoujun: "Let's post it tonight, and you write a detailed report, and we will publish it in the evening paper tomorrow morning."

Hearing that his report could still be published in Lingnan Evening News, Gao Youjun couldn't believe it. He was just a small reporter in the new media department, and he didn't even dare to think about the Evening News...

Although in terms of influence, the Evening News is not as good as the New Media Department, but the meaning is completely different. Being in the Evening News means that the editor-in-chief supports and affirms him!

"Of course, don't think that it's over when you see the newspaper. You have to continue to investigate, find out this matter, and we will report it later. So don't think that everything will be fine if you stop here. Don't give up halfway, and let it go in the end." The editor-in-chief was very pleased said seriously.

Gao Youjun felt a sense of responsibility. He remembered that he wanted to be an investigative reporter at first, but now he has found that feeling somewhat, so he patted his chest and assured the editor-in-chief: "Boss, don't worry, I promise to take care of this matter." Check it out!"

"Okay, let's go." The editor-in-chief waved his hand.

Gao Youjun turned around and walked briskly out of the editor's office.

He felt as if he was about to do something big.

Of course, before continuing to investigate, he must first send out the results of his staged work tonight, first light the fire, and then continue to find firewood to make the fire more prosperous.

Back at his workstation, he spent more than half an hour making the short video, and clicked upload to publish it.

Then he put the phone aside and continued to search for all possible clues on the Internet.