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Lin Xiao, a boy from a remote backwater, started playing soccer at the age of eight. In just four short years, his outstanding natural talent helped him lead his team to victory in the Huaxia U12 championship. He swept the awards for top scorer, tournament MVP, and final MVP, becoming the undisputed number-one prospect among youth soccer clubs across the country.
But fate was against him, and misfortune dogged his steps. Burdened by his family’s enormous debts, the young prodigy Lin Xiao abruptly retired just as he was about to start middle school. His departure left the world astonished, while also raising a huge question mark.
Now, after six years away from the game, he has returned to the public eye, earning admission to one of Huaxia’s top universities through the gaokao. In less than four years, he will start in the university soccer league, emerge as a rising star, make his mark, and charge all the way into the top division of British soccer.
What made him return to professional soccer? Why did he travel alone to Britain to play abroad? Why did he refuse to join the national team? One question after another about Lin Xiao and Chinese youth soccer streaks like shooting stars across the night sky of Huaxia’s professional soccer scene, leaving the nation stunned, helpless, and sighing with regret. Just how many more scandals are there???
The superstar Lin Xiao brings his own funding to the production, face-slaps the Huaxia Football Association, confronts the General Administration of Sport, successfully rebuilds the national team, secures the highest authority within it, and leads Huaxia in its quest for soccer glory.
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