Chapter 23 postscript

One day in November 2005, I suddenly realized, "Wow, in half a year, the World Cup in Germany will start!", "Wow, my Klinsmann is now the coach of the German team!" …So, I started to conceive a football-related story spanning from 1990 to 2005; so Li Li and Pei Shangxuan walked into my mind; then, they entered the hearts of all the people who had a crush on them. I believe that feelings in the world must have something in common, so Li Li's 15-year wait and everything he gave for Pei Shangxuan aroused a lot of resonance.Some people may say that Li Li is too stupid, but as I said in the epilogue of the first edition, "Emotional matters are like drinking water, and you know whether you are warm or cold." The reason - he treats me well, only I can see it!

In August 2010, under the insistence of Yu Cui, the editor of Yueduji, the first edition was published.From 2006 to 2010, when the online serialization ended, Germany and Argentina actually met twice in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, and Germany also defeated Argentina twice in a row.As a loyal German, I was naturally very excited, and then I discovered a terrible reality: there are so many girls who like Li Li because she supports Argentina!Have you ever considered the author?Readers, please consider the author's feelings, okay? Only then did I realize that I seemed to have written a "moving story". After searching on Weibo and Baidu, there were so many readers commenting and reposting my thoughts about it. It is not an exaggeration to say that almost every article I wrote was serious I have read it (everyone accused the author of being a stepmother and received the message, thank you).For an author who doesn't like to write idol dramas or Mary Sue, and insists on following the line of realistic and cruel, I am very honored to have a novel remembered by readers.

The calendar turned to December 3, 2013. A copyright agent named "Lin Shuiyao" suddenly sent me a private message to ask about film and television copyright. I honestly replied: This story is very difficult to adapt. I am worried about other people's ROI.However, Ms. Lin's enthusiasm and efficiency moved me. After half a year of communication, I finally defeated Argentina for the fourth time in the German team, signed the contract in the week when the distant Brazil won the Hercules Cup, and handed over the film and television rights to Guanda Film and Television, I believe they will treat this story with heart and kindness, which carries most people's youthful memories and bitter secret love.

On November 29, 2015, it was launched in Shanghai.Thanks to General Manager Zhou Dan of Guanda Film and Television for choosing this story, thanks to Zhang Ruoyun, Sun Yi, Deng Lun, Zhang Xueying, Li Zonglin, Zhu Yuanbing, Liu Meihan and other new-generation actors who are willing to star in this story, and thanks to all the screenwriters, Director and staff, it is you who made Li Li, Pei Shangxuan, Liu Qianren, Han Yichen and other characters into "people" who share our fate with us in reality, thank you! At the beginning of December, when Ms. Lin told me that she wanted to control the reprint of this novel that "makes me cry every time I read it", I handed over the copyright to her without hesitation.Stories, like people, need to be appreciated by Bole's eyes. Once you find it, why wait any longer?Like it, is the best reason!

For me, the three side stories written for the second edition cover the three World Cups from 2006 to 2014. This is the future that I could not predict in the first edition, and it is also the question about Li Li's life and death that I cannot answer.Now, in this way, I end this story that actually spanned 24 years, and I hope you can see the completion here.