I changed football.

Li Yuan was already up at 6 a.m. the next morning.

After washing up, it was already 6:30.

At this moment, Li Yuan opened WeChat.

I checked the WeChat account of Zhu Xiaoyu, the editor of "World Football," whom I added last night.

"What time should we go tomorrow morning?"

"7 o'clock is fine, that's about the right time for me to have breakfast."

Li Yuan was already planning to go out to the cafeteria for breakfast at this point.

However, instead of going out while waiting for the film crew, he played on his phone on the sofa.

Honestly, having experienced mobile phones and the internet in 2026, Li Yuan found it very difficult to adjust to mobile phones and the internet in 2015. Many familiar things were no longer there. Even though he had experienced these things back then, looking at the internet in 2015, Li Yuan felt that everything looked outdated.

Actually, Li Yuan has many ideas outside of football that he wants to realize.

For example, he has many ideas he wants to realize, such as starting a business on the Internet.

However, at this stage it's just a thought, because he has no money, no start-up capital.

Looking at those influential figures on Weibo, Li Yuan's entrepreneurial spirit was already stirring.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Hello, we are the production team of 'World Football'!"

"Oh! Here it comes!"

Li Yuan pushed open the door.

A group of people were standing in the corridor outside the door.

"Huh? There are so many of you?"

"Yes, our film crew has a total of 10 people. They're all here today."

The speaker was Zhu Xiaoyu, and next to him was He Wei.

"Professor Peter Hessor! You're here too?"

"I want to interview you, of course I'm coming."

"It seems you and He Wei are from the same hometown?" Zhu Xiaoyu spoke up at this moment.

Li Yuan knew from his previous life that He Wei was from Shiyan, but He Wei spoke first at this moment.

"Yes, we're all from Shiyan, and we're so happy that Shiyan has produced such a talented young man!"

As they were talking, Li Yuan invited everyone into the dormitory.

"So, shall we film now?" Li Yuan asked.

"May I?"

"Of course you can. I live here alone right now, so there's nothing I can't film."

"So this is a double room, and you're the only one staying here right now?" At this moment, He Wei stood in front of the camera and started filming the show with Li Yuan.

"This house was originally for Mbappe and me, but now I live alone. Mbappe has a house in Monaco where he lives with his parents."

"Your house looks pretty good."

"It's really good. Team B's dorm is much bigger than Team B's dorm. It has a balcony and a living room, while Team B doesn't have a living room."

"So what's your daily routine? We're going to film your day, and we'll be following along with you."

"I usually wake up at 6 o'clock, and after washing up and going to the toilet, I finish everything around 6:30. Then I go to the canteen for breakfast. The canteen was open this morning, but the first team is on holiday, so I guess only we went to the first team's canteen."

Li Yuan led the film crew out of the dormitory area and into the cafeteria.

"The first team's canteen has a decent variety of food, but it's a bit of a shame that there's no Chinese food."

"What kind of Chinese food do you want to eat after being in France for so long?"

"Actually, there are many options: hot dry noodles, three-delicacy bean curd sheets, wontons, and beef noodles. These are all breakfasts I really want to eat. If we're talking about main meals, there are even more. Monaco is such a small country. There are Chinese restaurants, but they're all in hotels, so it's not very convenient to go there. However, Nice, a large French city next to Monaco, has many Chinese restaurants. If I have time, I'll go to Nice to eat."

"What do you usually eat for breakfast at the club's cafeteria?"

"If today is a normal training day, I usually eat a fried egg, a fried chicken breast, a fried salmon, and two spoonfuls of mashed potatoes in the morning."

"This amount—"

"An average person would definitely be overnourished. But I'm only 17, still growing, and the training is very demanding. If you've discussed it with the club, you can check out the training intensity here tomorrow."

"You've also worked in youth training in China. How do you feel about the training intensity here compared to back home?"

"There's no comparison at all. Let me put it this way: when I was playing in the U19 and U17 youth teams, the training intensity was already several times stronger than that of the youth teams in China. When I joined the B team, we played in the professional league, the French Second Division, which is considered the fourth tier of the French league. The intensity of this league is definitely not as high as that of the Chinese Super League, but based on my observation, the training intensity of the B team is arguably stronger than that of the Chinese Super League. I have friends who play in the Chinese Super League, and we've compared our training levels. And the training intensity of the first team is many times higher than that of the B team. On my first day of training after being promoted from the B team to the first team, I almost got cramps."

Today was a rest day, so after dinner, Li Yuan led the film crew on a tour of the first team's facilities, including the locker room and training base.

After the tour, we arrived at the lounge for the formal interview.

"You joined Monaco's U17 team when you were 15 years old. What was the opportunity that led you to this team?"

"At the time, I was a youth team player for the Wuhan club. My initial youth training contract was for three years. I joined the team at the age of 12 and it was almost over when I was 15. At that time, the Chinese Football Association and the French Ligue 1 had a cooperation that allowed young Chinese players to train in the youth teams of French Ligue 1 teams. Originally, only players who were over 18 years old and eligible for international transfers went there. Of course, there were also some players who did not have contracts. There were about 20 players like me who came to Ligue 1. I joined Monaco."

"But according to our information, you are the only one left out of these 20 people."

"That's normal. The attrition rate in professional football is extremely high. Take Monaco's U19 team, for example. They basically eliminate players every year. I spent half a year in the U17 team, and then a year and a half in the U19 team. When I left the U19 team for the B team, at least 30 of my U19 teammates had already stopped playing professional football. They were gradually eliminated. If Monaco is like that, then so many professional teams have to eliminate at least hundreds of players of all ages every year in their youth training programs. It's just that their pool of talent is large enough, so they can still produce new talent every year. Our pool of talent is still small. Out of 20 people, maybe none will emerge, or maybe only I will. But what if there were 200? Or 2000? Then there would always be a few who emerge."

Seeing that the conversation was getting deeper, He Wei changed the subject: "Could you tell us who your football idol is?"

In fact, Li Yuan's football idol in his previous life was Cristiano Ronaldo.

He likes Cristiano Ronaldo because he likes his flamboyant personality and the way he scores goals.

But to be honest, he didn't like Ronaldo in the later stages. He's not a die-hard fan and can accept everything about his idol. To be honest, Li Yuan couldn't accept many of Ronaldo's later behaviors and remarks.

So later on, Ronaldo basically stopped liking him.

The same goes for Real Madrid. For a long time, Li Yuan was a Real Madrid fan, but many of Real Madrid's later actions caused him to stop being a fan.

However, at this time, many things have not yet happened, and people do not know that they are time travelers. If they say something strange, it will arouse suspicion.

"Cristiano Ronaldo, but I also quite like Messi."

"What about the club?"

"To be honest, I don't really have a favorite club. I just enjoy watching games, and I watch them whenever I have free time. I watch the Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, and Ligue 1—all five major leagues. Here in Monaco, there's no time difference, so it's even more convenient. I also watch the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League. If I had to pick the Premier League club I watch the most, it would be Chelsea, La Liga would be Real Madrid, and I don't have a favorite Serie A club. I watch Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund a lot in the Bundesliga, and in Ligue 1, it would be Monaco."

"What about the Chinese Super League?"

"Haha, Guangzhou Evergrande definitely reigns supreme in the Chinese Super League! They've already won their second AFC Champions League title and are going to play Barcelona in the Club World Cup!"