Seven-time Champion

Chapter 93: Language barrier

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After completing the physical examination and confirming that he was qualified to join the team, the Hoffenheim club helped Lu Wenbin rent a house near the training base for him and translator Fu Qingqing to live in.

After his accommodation has been arranged and the team joining procedures have been completed, Lu Chongxin will go home. A club staff member will escort him to the flight from Frankfurt to Beijing.

Before leaving, Lu Chongxin nagged like a woman, asking Lu Wenbin to take care of his health, be careful with his diet, listen to his coach, get along well with his teammates, learn German while training, and integrate into the team as soon as possible, etc.

Lu Wenbin seemed very impatient.

Possessed by a cheat system and possessing special skills, Lu Wenbin can't wait to join the team and show his talents.

At this time, Lu Wenbin wished his father would leave as soon as possible. After being controlled by his parents for 17 years, he was now free again.

The key is that I have become a professional player and can earn money on my own, and a lot of it, hundreds of thousands of RMB a year, and I no longer have to rely on my parents for support!

Lu Wenbin felt like he was free to fly as high as he could in the sky from now on!

"Alright, alright, Dad, you have a lot to say. I know everything. Don't worry, I will definitely be promoted to the first team in the shortest possible time. When the time comes, you can just watch your son killing it in the newspapers and on TV! The driver is getting impatient, let's go!"

Lu Wenbin forcibly pushed his father Lu Chongxin into the car sent by the club to take him to Frankfurt, and told his father to leave quickly.

Lu Chongxin slapped Lu Wenbin in the face and said, "You little bastard, you wish I could leave sooner, don't you?"

Lu Wenbin dodged for a moment and said with a smile: "No, the driver is really tired of waiting!"

Both of them spoke Chinese, which the driver and the club staff could not understand. But Lu Chongxin looked at the driver who kept looking back at him and knew that he was indeed a little impatient.

Therefore, Lu Chongxin could only sit down in his seat, close the door, and said to Lu Wenbin through the car window: "Okay, then I'll go back."

Then, Fu Qingqing told the driver, and the driver started the car and took Lu Chongxin and the club staff away from Hoffenheim village.

Because he did not understand German or English, all of Lu Chongxin's documents were in the hands of that staff member, who handled the entire process for Lu Chongxin until he got him on the plane.

Once on the plane, some of the Chinese returning home were not afraid of anything.

Lu Wenbin stood obediently at the entrance of the village, maintaining a filial look as he watched his father leave.

When the car finally disappeared from sight, Lu Wenbin jumped up and laughed, "Haha, I'm finally free!"

Fu Qingqing laughed and said, "You can't say you are free. You have a lot of work to do! Not only do you have to train to get into the game, you also have to learn German!"

Lu Wenbin smiled and said, "What's so difficult about that? I can just learn while training. It will definitely take less than two months for me to be able to speak German fluently and be promoted to the first team to show my skills!"

The big words Lu Wenbin said two months ago are still ringing in our ears, but the reality is that two months after he joined Hoffenheim U19 youth team, he can only speak a few simple German sentences haltingly.

He could hardly understand a word of the conversation between U19 head coach Ian Balfour and his teammates and had to rely entirely on Fu Qingqing to translate.

However, during daily training on the sidelines, Fu Qingqing can stand beside Lu Wenbin and help translate, but when entering the stadium for training, or even after the game starts, Fu Qingqing can't possibly follow him on the field for training, and the coach won't allow it!

In two months, Hoffenheim U19 played 6 games in the Southern Division of the German U19 Youth League, but Lu Wenbin did not get a single minute of playing time.

Because Fu Qingqing can only be present during team training, she cannot appear on the bench during official games and serve as an interpreter for Lu Wenbin at any time.

As a result, Lu Wenbin, who did not speak German, became deaf-mute and could not communicate with his coach and teammates at all. Ian Balfour was also unable to give Lu Wenbin any tactics.

Even if he was substituted in, he would not be able to communicate with his teammates on the field or cooperate in the game.

Although Lu Wenbin has the aura of a junior leader, no one in Hoffenheim U19 youth team excludes him or speaks ill of him.

But the fact that I couldn't speak the language meant that I didn't have any friends here and didn't get even a minute of playing time.

When Lu Wenbin first joined the team, the strength he showed on the training ground surprised head coach Balfour for a while, but as time went on, Balfour had lost all expectations for Lu Wenbin.

It is impossible to communicate with a Chinese who doesn't speak German or even English. Balfour has given up on Lu Wenbin.

On November 16, the day before Hoffenheim U19's home game against Stuttgart U19, when Balfour announced the roster for the next day's game, Lu Wenbin was still not included in the roster.

Except for the first two games after joining the team, when Lu Wenbin was included in the roster due to his superior personal strength on the training ground but did not get any playing time, Lu Wenbin did not even make the roster for the rest of the games until this round.

After the training, the other teammates chatted and laughed while packing their clothes to go home. Only Lu Wenbin continued to take a shower alone, packed his things, and then left the locker room and went home with Fu Qingqing.

Seeing Lu Wenbin coming out of the locker room alone again, Fu Qingqing sighed, followed Lu Wenbin and said to him:

"Lu Wenbin, you can't go on like this! It's been more than two months, and you still can't communicate normally with the coach and teammates. The contract the club signed with me is only for six months, and it's almost halfway through. If you wait for more than three months, I will have to return to my country. By then, let alone the competition, you won't even be able to do normal training. What will you do?"

Lu Wenbin scratched his head and said distressedly: "Sister Qing, but I really can't learn it. I get a headache when I see those German letters, and my head gets confused when I hear you speak German!"

Fu Qingqing shook her head, also feeling helpless.

Lu Wenbin's attitude towards training is truly impeccable. As long as he understands the training arrangements of the coach translated by Fu Qingqing, he will complete them meticulously and seriously.

Thanks to the club's scientific training and dietary structure, Lu Wenbin's height has increased from 167cm and his weight has increased from 59kg to 61kg, which is a rapid improvement.

But when it comes to learning German, Lu Wenbin is really hopeless.

In fact, the main reason is that Lu Wenbin really can't concentrate on cultural studies.

Just like when I learned English in school, I got a headache when I saw the letters, and my mind became confused and my mind wandered when I heard the teacher speaking English!

Coupled with the fatigue caused by the heavy training of professional teams every day, Lu Wenbin hated studying even more from the bottom of his heart! He would rather sweat on the training ground than spend 1 minute learning German.

So, until today, more than two months later, Lu Wenbin has not yet learned German and cannot even have a simple spoken conversation, let alone communicate tactics with the coach and teammates and play in the game!

After joining the team for more than two months, Lu Wenbin has not participated in a single official game, and his level of experience remains at level 7 1312/2000, unchanged.

PS: You really can’t write whenever you want during the Chinese New Year. You have to deal with all kinds of household chores. Alas! I wrote 2,000 words yesterday, but didn’t write a single word today. In addition, I have had a bad cold for a few days, and I keep coughing and I don’t have much energy. Mingqiao is helpless as she sees that the manuscripts she saved a few days ago are about to run out. Tomorrow, on the first day of the Chinese New Year, I have to visit the graves, and on the second day, I have to go to another county to pay New Year’s greetings to my child’s godfather. I won’t have time to start writing until at least the third day. And, I will also face the interference of paying New Year’s greetings to my relatives and elders. After this chapter is updated, Mingqiao still has two chapters saved. I will only update one chapter tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and keep updating! After the Chinese New Year, when I can write normally, I will resume updating two chapters a day.

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