The King of Greenery from Chengdu to the Top of the World

This is not just a novel about football. It is a book about youth - about a sixteen-year-old boy running on a cinder playground, about the stubbornness of squatting on the ground without speaking after losing for the first time, and about the persistence of choosing to pass the ball forward despite knowing that the road ahead will be difficult. It has loss, struggle, the embarrassment of getting up after falling, and the hope when it looks up and sees its teammates reaching out. Just like Chinese football itself. This book is dedicated to all those who have shouted "Rise" in the rain. Dedicated to all those who saw 4K live broadcast from black and white TV, saw the World Cup from Chinese football, saw disappointment from hope, and reborn hope from disappointment. Dedicated to the teams that have left, the players that have aged, the stands that have left, and the memories that will never leave. Dedicated to the lost youth. Dedicated to the touch of memory - yellow that never fades.