Chapter 16: The First Interview
"What's the name of this Asian kid?"
A middle-aged white man with glasses hung a cigarette and looked at Lin Kedi standing in front of the interview board in the distance.
"Isn't it, De'an, you come to the interview and don't do your homework?"
"Come on, Pedri. This is a game in the U18 league, which many Ajax fans don't necessarily pay attention to, and that's why the editor-in-chief is an avid fan. And, you see, they don't even have their name printed on the back of their jersey, so why do I know what his name is? "
"Well, you always have a point. I've seen the pre-match preview book for this game, this number 25, it's called Kedi Lin. "
"Lin? Japanese? Or Korean? "
"His name is followed by a Chinese flag in the manual, which must be Chinese."
"Chinese? Ajax only signed a failed Chinese player a few years ago, do you remember? "
"Of course, I remember that when the Dutch second division was playing, there were a lot of Chinese journalists. It's just—"
"It was like he went to Portugal after a season. Played badly anyway. This should be pretty much the same. "
"But this one is a little different, De'an, how to say this Chinese, but he completed a hat-trick in 60 minutes of his debut."
"U18, the gap with the Dutch B is very big, the Dutch B that the Chinese kicked directly, it's not that it hasn't been kicked out, what's the difference with this?"
"With all that, aren't you going to interview him?"
"That's right, Pedri. Let's go and interview our best player of the year in the U18 League! "
Link won the Man of the Match after the game.
The prize, or should be called the trophy, is a yellow stele column.
It looks like an assembly line product.
However, Lin Kedi was still very excited to hold this trophy.
"A press conference will come to interview you later. It's the Telegraph, and in the Dutch sports newspapers, one is them, and the other is international football. These two outlets are the most famous. And our U18 league, that is, the Telegraph will come to interview, international football can't watch our U18 games, so after a while, you have to be interviewed seriously. "
Beria chattered beside Link.
"There's no way, you don't have an agent, I heard that your parents seem to be very busy with work, and you didn't come to your debut today, so I'm the only one to tell you this. If you want to become a professional footballer in the future, then dealing with the media is a must. When facing these uncrowned kings, you must be cautious when speaking and don't fall into the language trap of the other party. That's right – if a reporter asks a question that you don't know how to answer, you just say you're not fluent in English, and that's it! "
The more Beria talked, the more energetic he became, and he felt very experienced.
"Coach, the one with the microphone and a camera behind him, is that the reporter who came to interview me?"
"Yes, they're the Telegraph's reporters for the youth league. The one with the microphone is called Dean Lewis, and the one in the back is called Pedri Andrik. It's well-known in our youth team circles. So you-"
"I see, Coach!"
Beria saw that the reporter had already come over, so he had to explain it again and left.
Leave the venue to Link and journalist Dean Lewis.
"Hello, Lin. To introduce myself, I'm Dean Lewis, the Telegraph's lead correspondent for Young Athletes. Today we have a post-match interview with the best players of the game. I don't know, can we start now? "
"Of course."
Lin Kedi replied naturally.