Chapter 1 Nightlife in Germany

The game ended at night in Germany, but for Borussia Dortmund fans, the nightlife was just beginning.

Germans are inherently conservative, so their nightlife is known for being dull and boring.

But don't think that Germans are really the kind of people who live their lives with a straight face. When it's time to go crazy, they can be crazier than anyone else.

This can be seen from the red-light districts all over the big cities in Germany.

Football is naturally a sport that can make people crazy.

After Dortmund defeated Schalke 04 3:2 away from home, if you were in Dortmund at this time, you would hear the horns and roars of cars coming from the streets.

These are all excited Dortmund fans venting their emotions.

In the first half of this season, Dortmund lost 0:1 to Schalke 04 at home.

That game was simply a dark memory for Dortmund fans.

They are still unwilling to recall how Schalke 04 fans celebrated under their noses after the game.

But now, the breath that had been suppressed in their hearts for more than half a season was finally released!

And all this is because of a Chinese boy named Zhou Yi.

Just after the game ended, the Ruhr Nachrichten website published a report on the game.

In the comment section below this article, almost all of them were praising Zhou Yi.

"...Zhou Yi's performance was amazing! He made me tremble all over!"

"Hey, upstairs buddy, did you climax? Haha! Just kidding. But I feel the same way! When I saw Zhou Yi shoot the football into Neuer's goal, I felt better than having sex with my wife!"

"Amazing Chinese boy! I have to believe what Barrios said, he is really an oriental wizard from mysterious China! He really knows some magic!"

"Zhou Yi is a phenomenal young talent! I used to think Götze was a once-in-thirty-years talent for Dortmund, but now I think Zhou Yi is better than him, maybe a once-in-fifty-years talent?"

"I love Zhou Yi! I want to learn Chinese so that I can communicate with him! I want him to know how much I love him!"

"Oh my God, it's not enough that the Chinese are good at playing table tennis, but now they are so good at playing football, and they are also very rich... Do you want people to live!"

"I have been to China, it is really an amazing country, they are changing themselves rapidly, I think it won't be long before they will change the world rapidly!"

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In the beginning, the messages were praising Zhou Yi, but later a group of people simply communicated in the comment area about everything related to China, including Chinese food, Chinese economy, Chinese culture, and of course, there was no shortage of discussing politics.

Thanks to Zhou Yi, many Germans learned about China through the comment area, although it was not comprehensive, and maybe very one-sided, but at least it was different from what they learned about China on their own TV programs in Germany.

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After the game against Schalke 04, the entire Dortmund team rushed back to Dortmund overnight. Anyway, the two cities are not far apart, and it doesn't take long to drive.

After returning to Dortmund, the players disbanded on the spot and went home to rest. All the players who participated in this game do not have to come to the training base for training tomorrow, and can rest at home all the time.

The bus stopped in the parking lot of the Brackel training base, and the players got off the bus, got into their cars, and drove home.

But Zhou Yi is the only one in the first team who doesn't have a car, but he doesn't live far either. It takes less than ten minutes to run there.

Grosskreutz drove to the gate of the training base. Seeing Zhou Yi just coming out of the gate, he stuck his head out and said to Zhou Yi, "Hey, Zhou Yi, I suggest you consider buying a car."

"Why? I don't need to buy a car, it's so close..."

"It has nothing to do with distance." Grosskreutz said seriously.

"But I can't drive either. Even if I buy a car, I can't drive it." Zhou Yi spread his hands.

"Okay..." Zhou Yi's reason left Grosskreutz speechless. "Then I wish you good luck."

After speaking, he stepped on the gas and drove the car away.

Zhou Yi stood on the side of the road, wondering what Grosskreutz meant by his last words.

He doesn't drive, he doesn't have a car to drive, isn't this obvious? Why wish himself good luck?

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The next day, Zhou Yi thought he could have a good rest at home, but he received a call from his agent, Tim Kiste, at eight o'clock.

He told him that many media wanted to interview him, and he had sorted out the names of these media, hoping that Zhou Yi could choose a few to accept the interview.

"I sent it to your email, you can take a look."

Zhou Yi found that his agent was good at everything, but there was one thing that made him very speechless, that is, he was too motivated.

It's only eight o'clock! He called him out of bed... Won't you let people sleep?

So Zhou Yi euphemistically suggested to Kiste: "You can let me know about this kind of thing a little later, Tim."

"Ah, sorry, Zhou Yi. Did I disturb your sleep?" Kiste's voice on the phone was a little flustered.

"No... just..." Hearing Kiste's tone, Zhou Yi felt like he was playing the role of a villain, and he didn't know what to say, but at this moment, he yawned appropriately.

So there was no need to explain, Kiste knew that he did disturb Zhou Yi's rest.

He quickly apologized to Zhou Yi, and then quickly hung up the phone on the grounds that he would not disturb Zhou Yi's sleep.

Although his apology was very sincere, Zhou Yi had been awakened after receiving a call, and it was impossible to continue sleeping.

So he had to get out of bed with a wry smile and go to the bathroom to wash up.

At this time, the room was quiet. Kotana and Hanna had already gone to school, and Zhou Yi was the only one here now. So Zhou Yi didn't wear a coat, just a pair of underwear, and walked around the heated room with his upper body bare, not worrying about being exposed.

When Kotana and Hanna were not in the house, Zhou Yi would sometimes wear this way because he was lazy.

Anyway, no one can see it.

After washing up, Zhou Yi still only wore a pair of underwear, walked into the kitchen with his upper body bare, opened the refrigerator, poured himself a glass of cold milk, heated two slices of toast with a toaster, and then took out two slices of ham and a slice of cheese from the refrigerator and sandwiched them in the hot toast.

This made a simple breakfast.

Finally, he held the milk in one hand and the bread in the other, walked back to his room, turned on the computer, and began to check the emails that Tim Kiste had sent him.

After opening the email, Zhou Yi realized that Kiste was really a very careful person.

Considering that Zhou Yi, a Chinese, may not know much about the German media, he also gave explanations after the names of the media, explaining the coverage, nature, style tendencies, reputation... and so on.

It is convenient for Zhou Yi to make a reference.

Finally, he gave his own suggestions, suggesting that Zhou Yi choose media with great influence, and try to choose national media instead of local media.

Of course, he also noted that his opinion is only for Zhou Yi's reference, and Zhou Yi does not necessarily have to follow his advice.

This is what Zhou Yi likes about Kiste. He will give his professional advice on one thing, but he does not force Zhou Yi to accept it. The final decision is still in Zhou Yi's hands.

Zhou Yi felt that maintaining good communication between the two parties would make the cooperation last longer.

After reading it again, Zhou Yi felt that there was no problem in choosing the interview media according to Kiste's suggestion.

And he himself was too lazy to consider them one by one, so he directly picked up the phone and replied to Kiste: "You can handle it, Tim, I believe in your professionalism."

After hanging up the phone, he closed the email, opened the webpage again, and began to browse how the domestic portal websites were praising him. Of course, he couldn't forget his own Tieba (online forum).

While drinking milk and eating ham bread, those enthusiastic and even a little cheesy praises were simply the best condiments...

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At noon, Zhou Yi received a call from Mark, inviting him to his home for dinner that night.

The reason was to celebrate the victory in the Revierderby and Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in the game, which led to him being named Man of the Match.

Zhou Yi naturally agreed immediately.

However, when he saw Kotana at Mark's house that night, he regretted that he had agreed so readily without asking if Kotana would be back...

This was the first time Zhou Yi had seen Kotana at Mark's house since he and Kotana had moved in together.

Seeing each other in a different place made Zhou Yi feel a little awkward.

After all, he hadn't told Mark and his parents that he was living with Kotana.

He didn't know why he hadn't told them at the beginning, and it was even harder to tell them now. After all, they had been living together for a while, and saying it again would give people a feeling of trying to cover it up. So he had to continue to remain silent.

During dinner, Zhou Yi found that Kotana didn't seem to have told her family that she was renting with him either.

Zhou Yi thought it was normal for Kotana not to say it. Considering Kotana's views on him and her image at home, if her family knew that she was living under the same roof as him, God knows what they would think.

Kotana definitely didn't want them to guess, so she didn't say anything at all.

Aside from Kotana's problem, Zhou Yi actually had a pretty good meal, because Mrs. Wagner and Mark almost praised him to the sky.

Several times in the middle, Kotana really couldn't listen anymore and had to interrupt their cheesy praise of Zhou Yi.

But this didn't change anything. They only restrained themselves slightly and then continued the competition of praising Zhou Yi in various ways.

Kotana fought alone, and in the end, she could only roll her eyes to show her protest.

After the two returned to the rented house one after another, Kotana couldn't help but sarcastically said: "You're already floating after just a few praises. I don't think you're any better than those muscleheads."

Zhou Yi retorted: "How can you say that? Don't you know that a famous philosopher once said a word? 'Praise is the driving force for human development, and praise makes people progress'! All the praise from everyone is the driving force for me to move forward!"

"Which philosopher said that?" Kotana sounded unfamiliar with the words, so she asked.

"I said it." Zhou Yi said with his chest out.

"..." Kotana rolled her eyes at Zhou Yi and went into her room.