Golden Greenery

"Golden greenery ()"

Xi'an, which is located inland, is slightly behind in development compared to the coast and the south. This is a fact that does not need to be argued, but back to thirty years ago, there were not many new things in China as a whole.

A novel hotel was built on Jinhua Road in the eastern suburbs of 1 where Zhuo Yang was born. It became the earliest foreign-related five-star hotel in Xi'an.

Let me explain here. Among the people of old Xi'an, outside the city gate, or at most outside the gate position of one station road, they are called "suburbs", but this suburb is not that suburb, and it is not in the usual sense. suburban concept. When people in Xi'an talk about real suburbs, they call places by their names.

This hotel on Jinhua Road is named after the place. The hotel is called Jinhua Hotel. There is nothing unusual in its architectural form. The difference is that the entire building is covered with bright-colored glass exterior walls. It looks like a building made entirely of glass, shining brightly from up close and from a distance.

At that time, people didn't see many strange things. The Golden Flower Hotel quickly became a landscape that Xi'an people came to pay homage to at that time, and it also became one of the landmark buildings in Xi'an for a long time.

Without showing off, Zhuo Yang also made a special trip to see it when he was a child, and was held by Zhuo Tongtong and Yang Hong. Xi'an Old Zoo is located on Jinhua Road. It was a great time for children to see monkeys, lions and glass houses.

Now it seems that this unseen onlooker behavior is very low, but in the early days of reform and opening up, such a beautiful Western-style building suddenly appeared in the inland hinterland, and its impact on people's vision and soul can even be interpreted at a philosophical level.

Westerners are just a little early, but when faced with new things, they only behave more exaggeratedly.

The world's first all-glass curtain wall building appears in London. The first World Expo, also known as the Industrial Exhibition of All Nations, was held in Hyde Park in 1851. Royal Horticulturalist Joseph Paxton designed and built a huge exhibition hall with a steel frame and transparent glass covering, which immediately caused a sensation.

People from London and even the whole UK flocked here to see this crystal-clear glass exhibition hall. After watching it, they will talk about it for a long time, and they can laugh at people who have never seen it in an extremely showy tone: Bumpkin, you are too damn low.

This building named "" became the most eye-catching place at the first World Expo. The enthusiasm of Londoners watching it was enough to make Xi'an people bow to it a hundred years later.

Many London workers who participated in the construction of "" are deeply proud of this experience, and recounting interesting anecdotes on the construction site has become a dining table culture in their families for a long time.

The emergence of '' has influenced and honored Londoners for generations.

Fifty years later, a football club was established in 1, and most of the players came from the families of "" construction workers. So, with everyone's vote, the team was named "" with the same style, and everyone even came to the glass roof to hold the founding ceremony.

——Crystal Palace.

Earlier, the Crystal Palace club's crest only had 'Crystal Palace', and the eagle was added later. When the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park was destroyed by fire, it was 'the end of an era', but the Crystal Palace Club has survived tenaciously to this day. However, their 10th place in the Premier League standings in the 2013-14 season was their highest ranking in the top league in team history.

When mentioning Crystal Palace, Chinese fans will think of General Fan Zhiyi. He played for Crystal Palace in League One (second level) for three years and also wore the captain's armband. In fact, many people have forgotten that when they went to the Crystal Palace with Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, their combined transfer fee was 1 million.

It's just that Sun Jihai didn't do as well as Lao Fan at the time. He returned to China 10 months later and went to Manchester City a year later.

I don’t know if Sun Jihai will watch the match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace many years later.

After 201 match days, the Premier League resumed war. Manchester City's opponent in the 12th round was Crystal Palace, located at Selhurst Park in the southern suburbs of London.

Manchester City players came back from all over the world with fatigue, and some even brought back minor injuries. This is a normal phenomenon for big teams. With Manchester City's personnel reserves, they would not be unable to open the door, so Guardiola made a small rotation in the away game against Crystal Palace.

Zhuoyang is still a substitute. Together with Silva, Zabaleta and others, he will warm up the cold bench first. Stones, Gundogan and Clichy are directly outside the roster.

Captain Kompany, who has returned from injury, leads the defense, but the most eye-catching change in Manchester City is that Yaya Toure was finally 'forgiven' by Guardiola and started this game.

The 33-year-old Toure gave up. Even though he was not the main cause of the conflict, the situation was so compelling that he had to give up, even though it was very aggrieved.

During the international match day, Toure once again publicly apologized in the media. His words were sincere, and this time he apologized specifically to Guardiola. At the same time, Toure's agent Saklu also coyly said that what he said before was unfair and inappropriate.

That's almost it. Don't turn a deadly feud into a feud. The narrow-minded Guardiola has an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Otherwise, if the stalemate continues like this, his strength will be fully reflected, but it will inevitably attract criticism.

Killing the career of a famous player who made no big mistake, and the person who did such a thing is definitely not a good thing.

Guardiola also pretended to ask Zhuo Yang for his opinion. Zhuo Yang rolled his eyes at him and said: "Our current midfielder is soft, both offensively and defensively. How old are you, and you don't know how to weigh it yourself?"

One sentence spoke to Guardiola's heart. Manchester City's current lineup has many shortcomings, but the unsmooth or unstable tactical play ultimately lies in the midfield. Toure is a B2B player in his prime. Releasing him may not solve all problems, but it will definitely increase many options.

Guardiola ignored the previous suspicion and responded gracefully in the media: "The decision I made may be wrong, but in my position, I must make a decision. I respect everyone who holds different opinions from me, including Tu thunder."

"Now that everything has passed, Toure's training status shows that he is a midfielder who can improve the competitiveness of our team."

In one step, Toure was directly included in the starting lineup.

However, the Crystal Palace team led by coach Alan Pardew, who is known as the 'Extended Life Monster', has had a poor record since the start of this season, but to be honest, they are very used to this situation, and as senior middle and lower reaches, they are making trouble. As for the hockey team, Crystal Palace also knows how to embarrass strong teams, especially at home.

After the game started, Manchester City didn't even get a shot in the first 15 minutes. You can imagine the difficulty. But today there is Toure, and luckily there is Toure.