Chapter 149 Derby (Part 1)

Tony Donn's words made George Wood the cover character again. Some media have already put the big hat of "the most valuable player in the world" on Wood. Of course, more media have given Wood the nickname "Mr. Two trillion".

In the eyes of outsiders, after this press conference, no matter whether Tony Donn's words were true or false, one thing is certain - George Wood is indeed a non-sale product from Nottingham Forest.

Can anyone in the world afford a net worth of two trillion yuan? A player is almost the same as a country... Since no one can afford this price, then what is it not a non-selling product?

Because of this background, Nottingham Forest's performance at home against Newcastle on the 22nd round of the league on January 5th has attracted much attention. Everyone wants to see if the performance of "Two trillion Mr." is worthy of his "value", and also wants to see if George Wood will be crushed by this pressure - some people criticized Tang En's statement as irresponsible to his players, and asked him if he had considered putting a young player as the "world's number one value" out of thin air, which would have hurt him. After all, this kind of pressure is not something that ordinary people can bear.

But Donn didn't care about such things at all. He knew that Wood didn't care about "the world's number one value" or "two trillion". If he changed a player, he might not say that at the press conference, but George Wood would be different. This kid's psychological quality is better than his peers.

This game with Newcastle is also the first time that Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar plays in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest. The goalkeeper also has problems with running-in with the team, mainly on defense. However, Van der Sar is very experienced and can minimize the adverse effects of this running-in. Don En bought a world-class goalkeeper, obviously not to let him sit on the bench, and the conditions do not allow him to continue running-in with the team on the training ground.

Van der Sa walked onto the court wearing the No. 33 jersey. He started his last career performance.

The project of Donne's transformation of Forest's defense continues. Although Newcastle was away in this game, they came for three points. Sonnes has always been worried about the loss to Tony Donne at home. He has arranged the strongest lineup away, but what is the result?

0:0.

The new goalkeeper and Mr. Two trillion are perfect. No one dares to doubt the state and ability of 34-year-old veteran Van der Sar, and no one dares to doubt George Wood will be under the hat of "Mr. Two trillion".

Wood's performance in the game was no different from any previous game. The media was disappointed to find that he had neither performed abnormally due to excessive pressure nor was he encouraged and excited... nothing. He was really like his name. Wood is OK.

The media outside are very popular because of his value, but he is like nothing else!

After the game, players will be stopped by reporters when they pass through the comprehensive area. George Wood and Van der Sar are surrounded by the most people.

The most common questions about Van der Sar are still the same: Why choose Nottingham Forest? How does it feel in the first game? Do you cooperate with your teammates? What do you think of the head coach? What do you think of the fans of the Forest team like...

These questions made Van der Sar handle it with ease. He knew how to answer them to please fans and bring them closer to his teammates.

More problems with Wood are from the "two trillion yuan worth".

He stood in the crowd and waited for all the reporters to ask questions before he asked back: "How much is the two trillion?"

The reporters were suddenly asked back and forth, how should they explain to the person in front of them what the concept of two trillion yuan is?

"It is the GDP created by the UK last year..." This sounds frightening, but it still has no idea for George Wood, who has no idea what "gdp" is.

“Are there many?”

"It is expected to reach more than two trillion dollars!"

"How many two trillion?"

The problem has revolved around...

Someone among the reporters whine. Although he knew that this topic was a piece of fat, facing such a player, they felt powerless and had nowhere to talk.

Pierce Bruce stood in the crowd, took out his cell phone, turned on the calculator function. He calculated it with a crackling sound, then raised his head and said to Wood: "George, with your current weekly salary level, you need to work for 7.692,307 years to earn 2 trillion."

Everyone gave Bruce a glimpse of gratitude. This number is much more intuitive than the nihilistic "GDP concept". It's like telling a person who has never seen a yacht that yachts are expensive. How expensive are they? It's clear if you convert the money of a yacht into the food he is most familiar with.

Next, the reporter began to look forward to Wood's opinion on this, but after hearing this number, Wood just nodded: "Oh, I can't live for more than seven million years, so two trillion is meaningless to me."

Everyone was disappointed, with only one person being the exception. Bruce laughed silently behind and knew that Wood would say that. He knew how George Wood was alone.

George Wood likes money very much, that's right. But that was when he needed a lot of money to treat his mother. Now his mother's illness is treated by the club, and his living standards have improved more than one level compared to before. He lives in a brand new apartment and lives a life that he could only dream of or fantasize about before. He has nothing to pursue. The rest is to try hard to play well and be worthy of the club's salary for him.

For him, earning 2500 pounds a week was a very high income. He didn't know how to spend this money. And earning 2500 pounds a week was no different from 2500 pounds a week, both were very high. He didn't know how to spend it. His and his mother had such high demand for life. Without having to pay for the treatment of their own, the extra money was saved - no place to spend. He didn't buy brand-name fashion, high-end sports cars, no luxury goods, no girlfriend, no high-end entertainment venues, and no hobbies to spend a lot of money to maintain. No matter how much money he earned now, except that his quality of life was better than before, he was essentially no difference with George Wood, the porter.

Bruce knew why Tang En valued this silly boy so much, because he had excellent qualities that many young players do not have now. This quality can ensure that he would not go the wrong way and lose his direction, and would not quickly fall from a shining new type to a meteor.

Contact with football does not only start with being a reporter. In the past 20 years of viewing experience, Bruce has reduced the number of talented prodigy who died prematurely. They are often not because of their poor strength, but because they have not withstand the temptation from outside the football field.

It is obviously better to pin your hopes on such players than to pin them on those playboys.

George Wood does not have any high education and has never received training on professional qualities, but he has a very simple concept, which was instilled in him by his mother since childhood - when he took the money from others, he had to do his best to help others work. This is the case when washing dishes in Chinese restaurants in Chinatown, and the same is true for becoming a professional player who looks bright and beautiful, because there is no difference between washing dishes and professional players, and it is a job for Wood.

While the group of reporters were stunned by Wood's answer, he turned around and left the mixed zone. He rarely accepted interviews. In the past, he was not the biggest and most popular player in the Forest team, and he didn't pay much attention to a young man who only did dirty work and tiring on the football field. Now it's different. He scored the goal, so he became a genius overnight. Everyone began to pay attention to him. The handsome company commander became a reason for a genius. Now almost every game, there are reporters around the mixed zone waiting to block him. He was unwilling to say anything in front of so many people, but when Tang En told him that he had to do this, he still did it, but when he was interviewed, the meaning of being able to say it in one sentence is never expressed in two sentences, and if you can only use one word, you will never use two words.

He is not as long-winded as Ashley Young. He will repeat the catchphrase "You Know" just for an interview twenty times...

Although he only tied with Newcastle at home, Donne was still very satisfied with his players' performance, because it was originally intended to examine the running-in between Van derssa and the team. The result was perfect without losing a goal, which also proved that the running-in between Van derssa and the team was progressing smoothly.

Next, Tang En has to face a very special game...

In the third round of the FA Cup, Nottingham Forests faces their city rivals, Nordsshire at home.

The Nottingham Derby may be regarded as the oldest urban derby in the history of world football, or it may be "one of the oldest". However, in recent decades, as Nordsshire has always been hovering in the low-level leagues, the two teams rarely have the chance to meet. The so-called mortal enemies rarely compete on the court, but this will not affect the two teams' hostility towards each other.

Nordsshire fans insisted on calling the city stadium a "place full of sins" and called Nottingham Forest fans "the_f", "f" is the first letter of "fuck", which probably has the same meaning as calling "silly pussy" in China.
Chapter completed!