Reborn on top of football

Chapter 280 A new picture slowly unfolds ()

Everyone laughed. Wang Ai thought for a while and said, "I am not a person with a strong will. I want to give up when I am tired, feel depressed when I lose the game, and cannot resist delicious and fun things. The reason is that I have mastered certain methods. For example, in training, you said the early morning in Madrid and the evening in Munich, but the time is not completely fixed each time. If I feel good, I will practice a little longer, and if I feel bad, I will practice a little less. It is floating, so the emotional burden will not be too great until I gradually get used to it. I will also try my best to have fun and treat training and competition as games, not serious and heavy work. In addition, there are some ways to adjust, such as meditation, such as dining. There are thousands of dishes in Chinese food. Eating different ones always brings freshness, which brings fun to life."

At this point, Wang Ai drank tea and then concluded: "As for the temptations after becoming famous, first of all, I drew a red line in my heart and never touched anything, such as drug dependence, alcohol dependence, one-night stands, and injections. I never do these and will not get close to that environment. Then, I lowered my desire for life and did not let my living costs be too high, which also got rid of money dependence. After doing these, the temptations after becoming famous are gone."

"Is that how you can maintain your puritanical life?"

Wang Ai laughed: "What Puritan? How can I be considered one? I have luxury cars, a home swimming pool, and even a private jet. My monthly expenses are equivalent to that of an average person in ten years. Isn't that already very extravagant? Sometimes when I chat with my friends, they are surprised at my own wastefulness, and they also hate my wastefulness, haha."

"But you don't have a yacht, a collection of classic cars, or a collection of fine wines. All I see in your home are your collection of books."

"Everyone has a collecting habit, and luckily I chose an inexpensive field."

"Is it because of cost considerations? Or did your relatively poor childhood make you particularly cost-conscious?"

"It's possible." Wang Ai nodded. "But at the same time, I'm also far away from a high-cost hobby. For example, the yacht you mentioned, why should I buy it? I haven't had a good vacation for ten years. If I buy it, it will just sit idle. Isn't that a waste? Another example is a classic car. In my eyes, a vehicle is just a means of transportation. I only care about its performance."

AFP reporter: "I heard that you Chinese people are very careful about saving money?"

Seeing Wang Ai nod, the reporter asked again: "Is this your national character or is it because of poverty?"

"All of them, right?" Wang Ai recalled: "When I was in school, my teacher often told us to save every drop of water and every piece of paper. This habit has been maintained into adulthood. Almost all primary and secondary schools in China carry out this education. Culturally, we also emphasize this point and deny and dislike high-cost lifestyles. In China's Internet space, no matter how much money you have, you cannot show your wastefulness, especially food, otherwise you will be widely criticized and almost no one will support it. In China, any tap that is turned on will definitely be turned off by someone. I even think that the fact that fountains are not widely spread in China is also related to this culture. Our hearts yearn for a low-consumption life, our rules restrict a high-consumption life, and we also like this yearning and restriction."

“Why is there such a rule?”

"Maybe it's because the Chinese are mainly agricultural civilization? We have a deep sense of crisis. We have experienced too many wars and disasters in history. Many times as an individual you can't count on anyone, the government will be paralyzed, the organization will collapse, and you can only rely on yourself, so you must save some wealth when you are relatively rich to deal with crises. We don't want to go out and rob, so we can only store it, not waste it in normal times, and choose a low-consumption lifestyle. The government, academics, and celebrities also advocate and maintain this way."

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Different from the rigorous confrontation in the morning, the interview in the afternoon was much more relaxed, and some interesting things about football were also discussed. Several reporters invited Wang Ai to comment on some well-known stars and recall his interactions with some coaches. Wang Ai also accepted all the requests and talked a lot. Finally, when the sun was setting, the reporters left with satisfaction.

Wang Ai specially invited the simultaneous interpreter girl to have dinner together.

It was fine in the morning because Wang Ai spoke slowly, but it was not the same in the afternoon. Wang Ai spoke wittily and made the girl very tired.

Originally, I wanted to invite Xinhua News Agency and Ma Fanshu to stay, but they had already arrived for several days and their flights were for the evening, so there was nothing we could do. Wang Ai sent a bunch of gifts, including two French reporters.

The simultaneous interpreter girl took the most gifts, including jerky jerky and posters, as well as a lot of wine, dried meat, and air-dried chicken. In the end, she had no more space.

"That's perfect. I was going to drive you back anyway!" Wang Ai laughed.

The guests had all left, and Wang Ai lay on the sofa. The children came running down, greeted them, and then ran out of the room to play wildly in the front and back yards. Kang Si sat down next to Wang Ai and asked, "Are you tired?"

"Yeah." Wang Ai put his arm around Kang Si's waist and said, "You must be exhausted too, right? You've kept the child in the room for a whole day."

"Fortunately, the little beauty took my place for a while, and there was a nap in the afternoon, so our children didn't have to worry about it." Conse smiled and said, "Unlike you, you actually offend someone who is worrying."

Wang Ai smiled: "There's nothing I can do. I'm counting on them to say good things. This may be the last joint interview in my life. By this time next year, they won't come even if I invite them."

"So, enjoy it?"

"Haha, almost."

"Can you really accept returning to ordinary life in the future?"

"Do you think it will be lonely to lead the Institute of Physical Science? Will the whole world ignore a scientific research leader who is striving for immortality?"

"I just don't believe it." Kang Si leaned on Wang Ai's shoulder and shook her head: "I was hoping for a peaceful life with you, and slowly growing old together, but you told me that we won't grow old? Oh, this world is incomprehensible."

“What’s the point of repeating the past? If one generation after another repeats the lives of the previous generation, what’s the point of living if we can see the end at a glance? Our generation is lucky to have caught up with the end of the third industrial revolution and the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution, and caught up with the era of accelerated development. Therefore, we must have imagination!”

"Well, imagination!" Kang Si raised her little fist, then leaned close to Wang Ai's ear: "Can we do this again?"

Wang Ai was shocked: "This is not like you!"

"You have to have imagination!" Constance stressed, "I've been with you for more than ten years and we have two children."

"Then..."

“Haha, no, no, hahaha!”