In addition to congratulations from his coach and teammates, and calls from his parents expressing his concern, Lu Wenbin also received a congratulatory call from Kate.
After several months of observation and learning in the classroom, Kate is preparing to write a Western fantasy upgrade novel set in continental Europe to practice her hand first, and initially plans to write more than 1 million words.
In Europe, where online novels are not well developed, a novel of more than one million words is indeed considered a magnum opus.
Although it is not as good as China's online novels that often have three to five million words, in the Western society where the average novel has only a few hundred thousand words, a novel with more than one million words is enough to attract attention just by the number of words.
Given Kate's purely Western background, the Western fantasy novels she writes will probably be more authentic and more flavorful than those written by Chinese online writers.
In addition to learning about Chinese online novels, Kate has also often chatted on the phone with Lu Wenbin in the past few months, asking him about Chinese culture, history, social development, tourist attractions, Lu Wenbin's hometown, etc. Her strong interest and love for China made Lu Wenbin feel that he had to admit defeat.
Lu Wenbin asked Kate about her family or growing environment more than once, but Kate refused on the grounds of confidentiality.
Lu Wenbin, who was just 18 years old and had no experience in love, finally realized that he fell in love with Kate at first sight, but Kate did not fall in love with him at first sight.
His first love was unrequited!
Her enthusiasm on the plane was probably due to her outgoing and cheerful nature as a European, her yearning for China, her love for the Chinese people, and her confidence in Lu Wenbin, her "underage little brother".
However, as the two of them communicated more frequently and spent more time together, Kate recently loosened up to Lu Wenbin.
Kate said that if there was a suitable opportunity, she would invite Lu Wenbin to her home, but not now.
This made Lu Wenbin very excited.
Judging from Kate's daily dress and the fact that she had the money to travel to China before graduation, and that after graduation she could stay at home and read and write novels without having to go out to find a job, Kate's family background is not bad.
But Lu Wenbin didn't know how rich he was.
He just wants to be more famous, earn more money, get more endorsements, and get the approval of Kate's family when he meets them.
All of this has to be reflected in his performance on the court.
This is also the reason why Lu Wenbin has always maintained a strong fighting spirit and never slacked off.
In addition to the desire to become world-famous like Ronaldo, the motivation of love to a young person is immeasurable!
After hanging up the phone with Kate, another group of reporters came to apply for an interview with Lu Wenbin, including more than a dozen happy Chinese reporters.
This was an opportunity to promote the team, and Lu Wenbin was not in the starting lineup for the evening game, so the head coach agreed to everyone's request and allowed Lu Wenbin to accept a group interview with reporters.
Lu Wenbin expressed his gratitude and honor for being nominated for the Golden Boy Award, and told everyone that he would continue to work hard, strive for better performance, and ultimately gain recognition from the voting media.
What this means is that Lu Wenbin wants to win the first place award rather than just be nominated.
This is as it should be.
Judging from Lu Wenbin's performance in the German 2. Bundesliga, German Cup and UEFA Cup after he was promoted to the first team this year, if he is not qualified to compete for the first place, the others can also take a break.
European reporters simply expressed their blessings, but Chinese reporters were both excited and nervous.
I am excited that Chinese players have finally achieved this day and can compete with the top young talents in European leagues, but I am worried that Lu Wenbin may not win in the end.
Fortunately, Lu Wenbin only talked about striving for better performance and did not say that you must win the award. It will not be embarrassing even if you don’t win it in the end.
Even though Lu Wenbin is currently ranked first in the Bundesliga scorer list, it still cannot give these Chinese reporters full confidence.
It is really because Chinese football is so hurtful that everyone has lost all confidence.
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The nominations for the Golden Boy Award are still under discussion, but Hoffenheim must prepare for the Bundesliga match against Bochum.
Bochum Football Club is located in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has never won the Bundesliga championship, the German Cup championship, etc., let alone the European championship.
Their championship titles include only three 2. Bundesliga titles.
Bochum's home stadium is the Ruhr Stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 people.
The Bundesliga match between Hoffenheim and Bochum was held at the Ruhr Stadium.
At 8:00 p.m. local time on October 29th, the 10th round of the 2008/2009 Bundesliga season, Hoffenheim's away game against Bochum, the fourth from the bottom in the standings, officially began.
Although Bochum is ranked fourth from the bottom and has not fallen into the relegation zone, they have the same points as the second-to-last and third-to-last teams. The only reason they are ranked higher is because of a higher goal difference. In fact, there is no difference. They are all standard relegation teams.
Therefore, there is definitely a big gap between Bochum's strength and Hoffenheim's.
However, this is Bochum's home game. Moreover, Hoffenheim still has many main players, including super shooter Lu Wenbin, who have not played.
Therefore, Bochum can't help but think too much, wanting to win the game at home, get all three points, and add points to their relegation cause.
After the game started, Bochum was ready to attack Hoffenheim.
Anyway, Hoffenheim's top scorer Lu Wenbin did not play, and the other players have scored very few goals this season, so they are inevitably underestimated and despised.
However, in less than 10 minutes, Bochum was taught a lesson by Hoffenheim.
Substitute midfielder Walsa intercepted the ball and passed it to attacking midfielder Copado, and Hoffenheim launched a quick counterattack.
After a one-two pass with Salihovic in the frontcourt, Copado accelerated and dribbled past the opponent's last central defender to get a one-on-one chance. Then he faced the goalkeeper Fernandez who was rushing out from the penalty area and shot into the empty goal.
In the 9th minute of the game, Hoffenheim scored a goal through a quick counterattack and led the home team Bochum 1-0 away from home.
After being hit by a quick counterattack, the Bochum team realized the gap in strength between the two sides and began to tighten their defense, launching a defensive counterattack at home, which blocked Hoffenheim's attack.
Moreover, Hoffenheim's mixed partnership of main players and substitutes did not have such tacit understanding after all, and Bochum actually scored a counterattack goal in the 34th minute through defensive counterattack to equalize the score.
However, they didn't have long to be happy because in the 37th minute, Obasi, who got his first chance to start after the Olympics, scored a goal in the penalty area to help Hoffenheim lead Bochum 2-1.
After scoring the goal, Obasi rushed to the Bochum home team fans' stands and celebrated vigorously, which made the home team fans very angry.
In fact, Obasi was not targeting them, he was just venting his frustration about losing his starting position.
Fortunately, now because of the team's need to fight on three fronts, he was able to start again and proved his worth with a goal.
I don't think I'll be confined to the bench anymore.
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