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Chapter 164 Mr. Golden Globe Returns (Please Subscribe)

The next day, when Lu Deyang woke up, Redondo was already sitting there watching TV.

On the television screen is Shizuka Kudo, who is participating in an event.

"Fernando, can you read Japanese?"

Lu Deyang asked in surprise.

“I just heard them mention your name, and this girl seems to have a rumored relationship with you,” Redondo said.

Lu Deyang gave a thumbs up.

Europeans have face blindness when it comes to Asians, and Asians have face blindness when it comes to Europeans.

Unless you look closely and distinguish things frequently.

Redondo only visited Japan once, yet he remembered Shizuka Kudo, which shows how impressive he is.

Some people are indeed smarter.

Even when observing others, they can easily leave memory anchors.

Even more exaggerated examples are like those in movies and TV dramas, where someone can sketch a criminal after just one meeting.

Perhaps you could simply point at the other person and say, "There's only one truth!"
That's how unfair it is. Outstanding people usually excel in many areas, which allows them to demonstrate excellence in one or more fields.

"By the way, Deyang."

Redondo said, "I just saw some crazy female fans, so you'd better not go out for breakfast and just call room service."

He has already put it very tactfully.

He was surrounded just now, with those Japanese women chattering and asking him to hand over the gifts.

Lu Deyang nodded.

Women who idolize celebrities are the most irrational group in the world.

He would stab himself at the slightest disagreement.

It's as if they can threaten someone.

This thing might have some deterrent effect on celebrities, but it's not a problem for athletes at all.

Speaking of this, Lu Deyang always remembers the woman who wanted to see Andy Lau and force her father to pay her.

At least this is something I can decide for myself.

Some people who go abroad to see concerts simply disappear.

Doorman?

Damn, Lu Deyang only knew that the person who opened the door for people at the hotel was called a doorman.

After ordering breakfast by phone, Lu Deyang got up to wash up.

Cold water can help people wake up quickly, but for some reason, Lu Deyang always feels a headache after drinking sake.

"By the way, Deyang, someone delivered an invitation to you this morning."

Redondo said.

Lu Deyang picked it up, glanced at it, and immediately threw it into the trash can.

Those useless people from Namco Entertainment are never going to get anything good from Lu Qiu Wang.

They followed the trend and played Digimon, but they have nothing in common with Land Rover.

Lu Deyang wasn't afraid of their ambition; Namco could destroy itself.

But what if King Lu said something at the banquet that gave them inspiration, and what if Digimon became even better?
These are competitors.

If they get a bigger share, then Land Rover's Pokémon will get a smaller share.

This lousy company was ultimately acquired by Bandai.

If all else fails, let's see what happens when Land King buys Namco and creates a complete remake of Digimon to rekindle your youth, keeping the storyline consistent and not changing the main characters.

Pikachu in the left hand, Agumon in the right.

I refuse to believe there are fans I can't cut off.

After breakfast, Lu Deyang immediately received a call from Boskov, who also reminded him to be careful of the fans.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is taking this matter quite seriously.

But their abilities are even worse than those in cartoons.

It might not work on those rich people's daughters.

Lu Deyang borrowed a copy of "White Night" from Redondo and started reading it, waiting to go to the airport that evening.

Sure enough, during that time, a fan disguised himself as a waiter and tried to sneak into the room.

Fortunately, they did not succeed.

Later that evening, the entire Sampdoria team boarded a bus to the airport under police escort.

After another long flight, the entire Sampdoria team returned to Genoa, exhausted.

"World Champion!!!"

The moment the first team was seen, the fans erupted in thunderous cheers.

The first-team players, who looked tired, cheered up and waved to the fans, with Materazzi even holding up the trophy to show it to them.

When the captain is too lazy to do this, he'll find someone else to carry it, since the trophy isn't light.

Mancini, being lazy, simply handed the trophy to Marco.

As for the other Marco, he completely ignored him.

Lu Deyang spotted someone in the crowd who shouldn't be there.

The mayor of Genoa, Merlo, had somehow blended into the crowd.

Someone handed him the microphone, and Mellow said directly, "At this celebratory moment, on behalf of the City Hall, I announce that the West Sestri Christopher Columbus International Airport will be renamed, and you all know the name..."

Mellow kept it a secret.

"Deyang!!!"

"Deyang!!!"

Mellow paused for a moment, but managed to conceal her emotions well.

He originally wanted to rename it Sampdoria Airport.

Even though it might offend Genoa fans, Sampdoria is just too famous right now.
But since the fans said so, he casually added in order to boost his approval rating: "Yes, San d'Yan International Airport, we will complete the airport renaming as soon as possible and open the new airport on a memorable day!"

After their encouragement, the atmosphere at the scene became quite lively.

"That guy wants to tie you to him again."

Mancini retorted.

“Even if I support him, he won’t be able to become prime minister after his term ends,” Lu Deyang said dismissively.

Mellow's methods were still a bit lacking.

Old Berlusconi is the really dirty one.

Most importantly, you also need to have connections among the Sicilians.

Among Italian politicians, very few who are completely clean can make it to the end.

Fortunately, the fans were understanding of the first team's hard work and didn't continue to play along with the mayor's tricks. The whole team finally boarded the bus home.

Some people fell asleep on the bus.

Due to consecutive long-haul flights in a short period of time, coupled with jet lag and weather conditions, many members of the Sampdoria first team will experience physical discomfort in the coming days.

Fortunately, there are only two league matches in the entire month of December.

Lu Deyang got up the next day.

Monica had already prepared breakfast.

After arranging the newspapers, she said, "Mr. Boskov called and gave you three days off, and everyone else gets one day off."

"The coach is very thoughtful."

Lu Deyang said with a smile.

Flying to Asia and then from Asia to Europe is indeed exhausting.

Even the young new recruits probably wouldn't be thinking about going out to play at this point.

After eating something warm, I felt much better.

Lu Deyang glanced at the newspaper; it was full of reports about them.

Gazzetta dello Sport conducted a special interview with AC Milan's die-hard commentator, Krudelli, who said: "First of all, congratulations to Sampdoria for winning three titles this season: the Italian Super Cup, the European Super Cup, and the Toyota Cup. This will help increase the influence of the Italian league. But every time I see Dejan's performance, I can't help but think that these titles should belong to us, and perhaps other fans think so too."

Lu Deyang smiled and shook his head.

He had met Crudelli several times.

Galliani is now Rossoneri's most hated person, bar none.

But thinking about it carefully, he was quite wronged.

After all, who would have thought that Lu Qiuwang would go all out right from the start? Big teams usually wait for their prodigies to develop before investing heavily.

This time, however, he encountered someone as unreasonable as Lu Qiuwang.

When Galliani returns, he should go back to working for Moratti.

There is no place for him at AC Milan.

Tuttosport wrote: "After a successful season, Sampdoria continues its pursuit of numerous honors. With Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the Champions League remaining this season, if Sampdoria can successfully defend their titles, they will become an unprecedented sextuple winner. Even if many are unwilling to admit it, Sampdoria's achievements are proof that they are still a powerhouse in Italy, and the three giants of the North have become the four giants of the North!"

This is no problem.

Before the King of the Road, Mancini and his team had already won the Italian Cup.

Next up was a triple crown winner followed by a five-crown winner.

While the quantity may be slightly less, the value of the trophies is by no means low.

Especially in last season's Champions League, they defeated all the strong teams.

Moreover, winning an extra championship during the season is not as simple as just adding one to one.

Playing more games with the same personnel is a test of a player's consistency, mental state, competitive level, injury situation, and even luck.

Therefore, many strong teams fall just short in the final stages of the championship battle.

Even physical strength cannot change the fact that one is physically and mentally exhausted.

Lu Deyang, who was supposed to be resting at home, went to the team the next day.

"I'm sorry to have you come here at this time and forced to come to the training ground." The other person walked up quickly, extended his hand, and said with a smile.

“If possible, I would like to be able to call you at this time of year, Mr. Drussan.”

Lu Deyang said.

The other party is now likely a reporter from France Football.

Lu Deyang remembered him after he became editor-in-chief and hosted a ranking of the top 100 football stars. Many media outlets participated in the voting, and almost all domestic magazines reprinted the ranking.

Because he didn't like the rankings of some of his favorite players, Lu Deyang specifically searched for information about this person.

"I think you have the ability. Can you take a few photos first and then give an interview?"

"Drussan asked."

"Of course, that's possible."

Lu Deyang said with a smile.

He immediately had Lu Deyang sit on the edge of the training field and pose for photos, and then directed the photographer to start taking pictures.

It sounds simple, but it took him more than 40 minutes to get satisfied.

"Alright, shall we begin?"

"Drussan asked."

"Of course, that would be great, but your personality doesn't seem like the French people I'm used to."

Lu Deyang said.

"What should the French be like?" Drussan said with a self-deprecating laugh. "To boast about Napoleon's rule over Italy upon meeting someone? And then to brag about how many lovers they have?"

"Perhaps I could also mention what I stepped on in Paris."

Lu Deyang joked.

Drussan immediately retorted, "Damn immigrants..."

Although he quickly covered his mouth.

But Lu Deyang felt that he did it on purpose.

This is a way to bring two people closer together.

The fact that Lu Deyang didn't object to this tactic at least shows that Lu's character was recognized by the other party.

Otherwise, if this gets exposed, Drussan will be in big trouble.

"Can you tell me why you want to be a player? You were a bench player in the C2 team before."

"Drussan asked."

"My late uncle and I were both football fans. At the time, I only wanted to become a player and never considered any other profession."

Lu Deyang said.

“Many young people are like this. Some youth players from French teams have developed psychological problems after their contracts were terminated,” Drussan nodded and said.

"Yes, it just feels like being a professional player is the whole of life."

Lu Deyang nodded and said.

Otherwise, if his uncle had some money, he wouldn't have had to go to a low-level position to sit on the bench.

It is indeed because of passion.

“But you didn’t seem to perform very well in Regina C2, am I right to say that?” Drusan asked.

"Yes, if you insist on saying it, perhaps you can understand it as me being hit by an apple."

Lu Deyang said, "I've always had a lot of ideas, but I couldn't put them into practice with my feet. Then one day I suddenly figured out how to play football."

"Then you'll soon have a nickname like the Newton of the football field."

Drussan joked.

"I'd rather be Mozart or Chopin. When describing a player as excellent, people say that he can play the piano or violin with his feet, but they wouldn't say that he can write Newton's Third Law with his feet."

Lu Deyang said with a smile.

Drussan was laughing along with the photographer.

He thought Lu Deyang was a humorous person after watching his post-match interviews.

The feeling is much deeper when chatting face-to-face.

Unlike some foreigners who play in football powerhouses, Lu Deyang can readily use European slang and understand local customs, making conversations very interesting.

The fans' experience will also be better.

Fans would rather have a player who makes a high salary and only goes to Disney than a player who makes a jianbing (Chinese crepe) for them.

To gain fan support, one must integrate into the local culture.

This is true no matter where you work.

Lu Deyang has always had a clear identity: he is a laborer in Italy.

"So what do you think is the main reason you will win this time? Papin was a strong contender before," Drussan said.

"Of course, it's because of my teammates and the fans."

Lu Deyang said with a smile, "Football is not a sport for one person."

"One last question: besides you and your teammates, who do you think was the best performer among these candidates last season?" Drussan asked.

“I would like to say Paolo Maldini, but AC Milan’s results were not good enough. I think Manchester United’s players performed very well, I’m talking about Steve Bruce, but he didn’t make the squad, his teammate Hughes was the candidate.”

Lu Deyang said, "He played a very crucial role in the Cup Winners' Cup."

"Do you watch other teams' games?" Drussan asked.

"Of course, I will also learn from the strengths of other players."

Lu Deyang said.

"This is the last question: do you really get up every morning and flip eggs 1000 times?" Drussan said somewhat embarrassedly, "The fans are very concerned about this."

"This is ridiculous." Lu Deyang explained with a wry smile, "I once tossed oranges around in the locker room a few times, and somehow it got the rumor that I could toss eggs 1000 times. If I did that every morning, my family would only be able to eat eggs for breakfast."

Drussan smiled as well, stood up, and extended his hand, saying, "It was a pleasure interviewing you. We'll see each other again soon."

"Thank you for bringing good news."

Lu Deyang said.

The interviews conducted before the Golden Globe Awards are essentially an advance notice of your potential win.

This will make it easier for them to launch the magazine when awarding prizes.

Upon hearing the news, his teammates rushed over and immediately surrounded him.

"You won the Golden Globe, shouldn't you treat us to a meal?"

"We really should have a big meal today."

Materazzi nodded and said, "We should definitely celebrate, but Dejan shouldn't be the one to treat us. We should all chip in to celebrate for Dejan."

"Damn traitor!"

Mancini laughed and cursed, "Marco is no good at all."

"Let's just go to the fried chicken place."

Lanna said quietly from the side.

Lu Deyang nodded in agreement.

It's not that I'm short of money, I just want to see Mancini get furious.

Unexpectedly, he actually dragged everyone to the fried chicken shop.

The store manager even came twice to ask Lu Deyang if he wanted to prepare any tools.

They thought Lu Deyang had been kidnapped by Mancini. That bastard seemed to have some kind of blood feud when he ate, making a loud crunching sound as he bit into the chicken wings.

Many fans didn't dare to come up and ask for autographs.

I just sat there watching Mancini eat more than 40 chicken wings and two hamburgers.

"This idiot can't get up, should we take him to the hospital?"

Vialli said with schadenfreude.

"Just put it in front of the store."

Lanna encouraged, "Releasing a real one would be great too."

“That’s a really good idea.”

Vialli said.

Mancini wanted to argue, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt the chicken meat stuck in his throat.

He couldn't bear the embarrassment of eating fried chicken until he threw up.

After sitting for a while, Lu Deyang and Vialli dragged Mancini home.

Later that evening, Lu Deyang received a call from Federica, informing him that Mancini had been hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis.

Two days later, Sampdoria drew with Foggia at home.

This was not unexpected by anyone.

At this point, the first team was still in pretty bad shape.

The important thing is the upcoming awards ceremony.

This award ceremony marks the first time that non-European players playing in European leagues have been included in the shortlist, and the French specifically arranged for the ceremony to be held in London.

On the one hand, they wanted to get the British on board as soon as possible.

After all, Britain is quite wealthy.

On the other hand, the first winner of the Golden Globe Award was British.

They also held a Super Ballon d'Or a few years ago, in which Stefano beat Cruyff and Platini in the vote.

The venue this time is the Royal Theatre.

UEFA and French Football Federation invited many guests.

Lu Deyang and his teammates saw many familiar faces as soon as they entered.

“Mr. Ferguson, we meet again.”

Lu Deyang walked over and greeted them.

"I don't want to see you. You're destined to be just an opponent," the Scottish coach said, feigning anger. "After losing to you, I gave the players a lot of psychological counseling."

“I don’t think Manchester United’s players are that fragile. Even a lion leading a flock of sheep is more ferocious than a pride of lions led by sheep,” Lu Deyang said.

Ferguson burst into laughter at what he said.

Originally, I wanted to cause Lu Deyang some minor trouble.

I felt embarrassed after being praised.

"But you still caused us a lot of trouble. The team is terrible, and the European Super Cup could cost us the title. Leeds United is in a stable situation."

Ferguson complained.

Even with his coaching, the team experienced fluctuations after suffering a heavy defeat.

“You can poach their players from Leeds United.”

Lu Deyang urged.

Ferguson nodded immediately.

He's always had this idea; Leeds United has a lot of young talent.

As the two were chatting, other people quickly gathered around.

“Dejan, no matter how well you talk to the British, you can’t go to England to play football. They can’t afford your salary,” Cruyff said directly.

Ferguson stared wide-eyed.

Is your defeated opponent so arrogant?

Manchester United won the Cup Winners' Cup last May by defeating Barcelona.

"Is Mr. Cruyff planning to invite me to play for Barcelona?"

Lu Deyang asked.

“If you’d like to come, you’re welcome. I can persuade the board to pay the transfer fee through a player exchange,” Cruyff said with a smile.

"Let's forget about it then. Players who are treated like vouchers will hold a grudge against me."

Lu Deyang politely declined.

La Liga isn't very appealing these days. Barcelona is special because it's a Catalan team and has a big name like Cruyff, but it's not much different from Athletic Bilbao.

In the past, Lu Qiuwang (a famous Chinese ball player) provided technical assistance to impoverished families, and his salary would have to be several times higher.

Seeing that Lu Deyang refused Cruyff, Ferguson did not hide his smile and immediately pulled Lu Deyang away, saying, "Come, let me introduce you to Sir Busby."

"The world's best player has arrived!"

Sir Busby said to George Best.

After looking Lu Deyang up and down, George Best said, "If we lived in the same era, we might have been good partners."

"This is the first time I've ever heard George say something like that."

Charlton said.

His teammates are quite arrogant, which clearly shows they lack the confidence to beat Lu Deyang.

"That's a real shame. If we could have played together, it would definitely have been even more glorious than the Real Madrid era," Lu Deyang said with a smile.

If they were to play alongside the Manchester United trio, they would be an absolute super team.

Lu Qiuwang and Best fly together on the wings?
What defense line could possibly hold it back?

The awards ceremony was about to begin when the group entered the hall and took their seats.

"Dejan, you know a lot of people," Mancini exclaimed in surprise.

"You'll be very familiar with the Manchester United manager later on."

Lu Deyang joked.

This guy was pretty good when he was managing Manchester City.

"I'm not coming to England to play football, the weather here is terrible," Mancini complained.

At this moment, someone came on stage, and the two of them fell silent.

There was no host, and no performance.

After taking the stage, Johansson said, "This is the 55th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or, a year of special significance. This year marks the first time the Ballon d'Or has expanded its selection scope, which is exciting news for outstanding players from other continents playing in Europe. They can now participate in the selection process, a long-awaited fairness, and thankfully we have noticed their contributions."

Therefore, we specially invited Sir Stanley Matthews, the first Golden Globe Award winner, to present the award to us.

Matthews, born in 1915, appears to be in quite good health.

He played for Stoke City's first team until he was 50 years old. The person who broke his record later was none other than Kazuyoshi Miura, that scoundrel.

Standing on the stage, 76-year-old Matthews did not immediately open the envelope. Instead, he looked around the entire venue and said, "In our time, everyone was about the same as other players, and I thought so too. But after I saw some geniuses, I realized that the only thing I can be proud of in my career is not having received any cards."

After returning to England from my round-the-world trip last year, I was surprised to find that the football world had become something I couldn't have imagined. The Italian league was far more exciting than I had imagined. Inter Milan was good, AC Milan was even better, but Sampdoria was the best..."

The audience immediately burst into laughter.

The old man made a joke about George Best.

Sir Matthews bent down, opened the envelope, and read aloud, "Dejan, congratulations."

Boom!—A round of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.

Everyone guessed who would win this year's Golden Globe Award.

Last year, Lu Deyang's performance forced France Football to apologize and discuss expanding the scope of the selection, which almost sealed the fate of this matter.

Moreover, Lu Deyang's performance this year has been outstanding as always.

Redondo immediately hugged Lu Deyang and said, "Congratulations, Deyang!"

Lu Deyang patted him on the back, and then Mancini hugged him.

It took three minutes to walk from my seat to the aisle.

Sir Matthews handed the trophy to Lu Deyang and said, "The King has finally received his crown, and your award is well-deserved."

"Thank you, your story is inspiring me."

Lu Deyang said.

Sir Matthews gave up his seat.

Lu Deyang walked behind the podium and put the trophy aside.

After adjusting the microphone height, he said, "I've been dreaming of this day since I was in Reggina, and standing here is a dream come true for me. I'm very grateful to France Football and the jury for their recognition. I also want to thank my uncle, my coach Mr. Boskov, the club president Mr. Mantovani, my teammates, the club staff and fans. Football is never a one-man sport; without you... football is nothing!"

As he spoke, Lu Deyang raised the trophy.

Applause erupted again.

Mancini couldn't help but wipe his eyes.

Vialli, unusually, didn't say anything strange.

Although they didn't win the Ballon d'Or, it felt good to be thanked by the Ballon d'Or winner.

Sampdoria is Lu Deyang's own team, at least that's how the media sees it.

But Lu Deyang did not forget their contributions.

The reporters at the scene were not particularly pleased with the acceptance speech.

They want to be more self-centered, the kind of person who thinks no one else is right.

Only such acceptance speeches would be controversial and thus boost newspaper sales.

Lu Deyang's public speeches always left them with mixed feelings of anticipation and disappointment.

He is the subject of countless discussions, but his answers are always steady and measured. He never takes the initiative to attack his opponents, let alone his teammates.

News of Fleet Street's desire for Sampdoria to be rife with infighting has reached a certain point.

They even bribed several Sampdoria staff members with a large sum of money, but still couldn't find any evidence.

Lu Deyang was quickly surrounded by reporters after stepping down.

Lu Deyang only remembered when he saw Papan looking envious in the crowd.

If he weren't the "King of Soccer," Papin should have won the Ballon d'Or.

However, this Ballon d'Or is quite controversial; both Matthäus and Romario are more deserving than him.

It's fair to say that Lu Qiu Wang (the "King of Land Balls") deserved to win the award.

During the celebration party that evening, Lu Deyang seized an opportunity to slip away.

He soon met the princess.

"Why don't you wear a cloak and cover your whole body in it?"

Lu Deyang quipped, "I've seen this in movies when nobles have secret rendezvous."

The princess punched Lu Deyang in annoyance and complained, "You're about to be a father, and you're still so frivolous."

Lu Deyang's eyes widened.

puff-

The princess covered her mouth and laughed, "Just kidding, look how scared you are."

"I'm just thinking about what to do next."

Lu Deyang said, "We can't really let my son ascend the throne in England, that would be unfair to Henry."

"You've been very good to Henry."

The princess joked, "That child made a clippings of your news; perhaps he likes you more as his father."

"Then next time I see Charles, I'll ask him if I can have his son?"

Lu Deyang raised an eyebrow and said.

The princess immediately clutched her stomach and laughed.

She found it amusing to think about Charles's reaction.

After eating something, Lu Deyang and Lu Deyang got down to business.

A few hours later, the princess fell asleep, and Lu Deyang opened the system.

Sure enough, I saw a new notification.

As an AC Milan player, you are not the first to win the Ballon d'Or, but you are the first non-EU player to receive this honor. Awarding the Ballon d'Or to you this time is controversial; you must quell this controversy with your performance. Please deliver sufficient performances in the remaining games of the season and lead the team to at least one trophy by the end of the season.

[Acquired Skill: Political Expertise]

O Via!
It's obviously Viagra.

The first non-EU player to win the Ballon d'Or.

Weah's award that season was indeed controversial.

Fans often talk about how the Ballon d'Or came about later, but in reality, Papin and Weah's Ballon d'Or wins were highly controversial at that time, only because it wasn't the internet age.

In particular, Weah's award is more symbolic.

Keep reading.

Skill: Political Acumen – Possessing this skill will give you greater leadership in the locker room, make it easier to persuade politicians, and make your audience more likely to agree with your ideas…

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