To be selfish, Taylor didn't really care what kind of results Arsenal could achieve.
She just wanted to see her boyfriend playing happily and joyfully on the field.
As for whether there were results, that wasn't something she cared about.
Fly also knew his girlfriend's thoughts, after all, when he chose to pursue a professional football career.
Taylor's first reaction was actually: "Football, what's that?"
This question, which might seem incredibly strange to Chinese people,
Is actually not surprising to native-born Americans.
Because in America, conservatism is prevalent, and many Americans only care about their own small plot of land, having no interest in outside matters.
As citizens of the world's largest country, they have a natural sense of superiority.
That is, America is the beacon of world civilization, and they, the Americans, are god's chosen people.
They only need to manage their own small plot of land; as for outside matters, they are too lazy to care.
Football is very popular worldwide, the world's number one sport?
Who cares?
What does that have to do with them, Americans?
One must know, even though America hosted the World Cup in 1994.
But on American soil, football is almost a niche sport.
Fly remembered seeing an annual statistical list of television viewership ratings for various programs in the United States in his previous life.
In the United States, among the top 100 most-watched programs in a year, football alone accounted for seventy-five!
All the remaining programs combined accounted for only twenty-five!
And among these remaining twenty-five programs, the MLB (Major League Baseball) Finals and the NBA Finals each occupied one spot, and their rankings were very low.
The remaining programs were basically talk shows and other entertainment programs.
As for football?
Sorry, even matches involving Messi's Inter Miami, their viewership ratings were only a fraction of those ranked in the top 100 programs...
Even the 2022 Qatar World Cup final could not make it into the top 100 annual viewership ratings list in the United States.
This is the cold reception that football, the world's number one sport, receives in the United States.
In contrast, although China is also a football desert, the viewership ratings and number of viewers for major football tournaments are definitely not small!
Every year on China's domestic viewership rankings, matches involving the National Football Team can rank in the top ten!
It's even common for several spots in the top ten list to be occupied by matches of the National Football Team.
As for the World Cup, the world's premier event held every four years, Chinese people also embody the spirit of participation.
Even if this competition has nothing to do with the National Football Team, the Chinese people's habit of enjoying a spectacle is still preserved.
Many casual fans and pseudo-fans who don't pay attention to football on a daily basis will also participate in World Cup discussions.
From this perspective, the football atmosphere on the land of China completely surpasses that of America, which is also a football desert.
Fly has lived in the United States for so many years and indeed hasn't heard much of people around him discussing football in private.
Football, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey are their favorites!
Even if it weren't for Fly's memories from his previous life, living in such an environment for a long time, he probably wouldn't have had any connection with football in this life.
At this moment, after hearing Taylor's worries, Fly stroked her delicate and smooth hand and softly explained:
"No, the club's recruitment targets this time are all young players, around my age."
"They don't have the ability to compete with me for a starting spot yet; it's more of an investment in the future."
Taylor breathed a sigh of relief after receiving her boyfriend's assurance.
She knew that her little man, like her, was someone who was very dedicated to his career.
If her goal was to become a queen of the music industry, then her boyfriend's goal was to become a king of the football world.
Both have ambition and the ability to achieve their goals; this is the relationship between these two strong, career-driven individuals.
Taylor asked herself, if she were dating a man with little career ambition,
She probably would have broken up before long.
Because their attitudes towards life were completely different, and their values were different too!
People with incompatible core values can only be together briefly; they can never last long.
Unless someone makes concessions in the process...
But with Taylor's personality, she would never back down.
As for Fly, based on Taylor's understanding of her boyfriend, the proud him wouldn't back down either.
They love each other very much and care for each other, but when it comes to career, there is no room for compromise.
In this case, the two could only eventually break up and seek new partners.
The current situation is quite good; Taylor can focus on creating songs, releasing albums, holding concerts, and finding ways to win awards, increasing her commercial value and fame.
Fly can also play football well, achieve results, gain personal honors, and secure endorsement deals.
Occasionally, they can do some cross-industry collaborations to increase mutual popularity, which is a great thing.
When they are free, they can live a normal life as a couple, staying cozy in their shared little home and enjoying their wonderful world together, without being bothered by the outside world's ups and downs.
Just thinking about such days makes them feel hopeful.
"Elder sister, could you sing me a song from your new album? I want to hear it."
Facing her boyfriend's pleading request, Taylor chuckled and didn't refuse, but instead teased him:
"Fly little brother, if people outside saw the proud, confident sharp striker on the field acting spoiled towards his girlfriend in private, they would probably be shocked beyond belief."
Fly was not ashamed of this, but rather proud, and went along with it:
"Those guys on the field are all rough men, why should I be polite to them?"
"Only by dominating them will these simple-minded, physically strong guys be filled with fear when they see me and not dare to provoke me casually."
Taylor shook her head helplessly, reached out and ruffled Fly's hair a few times, then went to the music room to get a guitar.
Two minutes later, Taylor played for Fly with a guitar that wasn't endorsed by her.
Although Fly wasn't knowledgeable about instruments, seeing this guitar that was shiny under the light, with a spruce top and maple back and sides, he knew it was expensive!
"Elder sister, where is your shiny silver guitar?"
Fly remembered Taylor using a very eye-catching silver guitar during her tour, and he had some impression of it because it was so striking.
However, what he didn't know was that the guitar wasn't silver, but rather inlaid with over three thousand crystals, which made it look silver under the lights...
As soon as Taylor heard Fly's description, she knew which guitar her boyfriend was referring to.
"Oh, you mean the custom Swarovski guitar? I didn't bring it, it's in Nashville."
"Why, Fly, do you want it?"
Fly waved his hands repeatedly, joking, what would he, a musical illiterate with poor pitch, do with a guitar?
He just asked casually; there was no other meaning.
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