Chapter 91 Big News

After the game, Qin An posted the TV broadcast video he shot with his mobile phone online.

It was Wang Lie who successfully stole the ball from Jiang Dongxun from behind and finally scored with a long shot.

He posted this video on various social media platforms under his name, including but not limited to X, ins, Tik Tok, Douyin, Weibo…

And with the same text:

Do fireflies dare to compete with the eternal “burning” sun?

The language and characters used are different, but the meaning is the same.

He even thoughtfully prepared a Korean version through translation software to help Korean fans better understand what he meant.

As the number one fan of Wang in the Chinese national team, and considering that it was Wang who faked a fall to get a penalty in the 2031 Asian Cup, Qin An has no good feelings towards this little Korean.

If he doesn’t punish the fallen dog at this time, he would be letting down his ancestors and himself.

After posting the video, he would refresh his phone from time to time to check out netizens’ comments and messages about the game on various platforms.

Brother Wang’s game is over, and now this is the most important entertainment activity after the game.

What is the “afterglow of victory”? This is it!

The only pity was that the game ended in the early morning hours in East Asia, when most Koreans were still asleep, so he didn’t see too many Koreans break through their defense.

But it doesn’t matter, he knows that Korean media will definitely keep an eye on his social media platform, and then his video and text content will be moved to Korea.

It was only a matter of time before their defenses were broken. When he got up tomorrow, he would probably be able to see more “Pain Masks”…

At this moment, Qin An suddenly saw a new message on his homepage:

“…Famous football commentator Lawrence Dadomo forwarded a video shot by a fan on his personal social media. The video showed Vitini and Wang hugging and celebrating on the sidelines after the match between Tyne and Hackney Knights. But this picture is not the point. The point is what Vitini shouted when he hugged Wang to celebrate. He said to Wang: ‘We are one step closer to the Champions League’…

“Dadomo forwarded the video and said: ‘I found the secret of how Tyne beat Hackney Knights at home. It turns out that their goal is to get the top four in the league and participate in the Champions League next season! No wonder they are so fierce at home!’…

“Considering Lawrence Dadomo’s consistent ‘King of Haters’ personality, this message of his is obviously not meant to praise Tyne. In fact, the poster of the video he forwarded is a fan of Arthur and the Scouse – his profile picture is Arthur Ilon wearing a Scouse jersey – and most of the comments under this video are full of malicious sarcasm towards Tyne…”

After reading the message, Qin An followed the link at the end of the article and clicked on the video.

It was just when the game ended… Vitini jumped on Brother Wang to celebrate.

However, I was busy posting the video to slap Bangzi in the face as soon as possible, so I didn’t notice what Vitini shouted.

Now he listened carefully, it seemed… seemed… as if… it was indeed talking about the “Champions League”?
The scene was very noisy. Right around Wang Lie and Vitini, there were other Tyne players who were celebrating, and the noise they made was somewhat disruptive.

But even so, you can still hear pronunciations like “Champions League”.

Then, looking at the comments section of the video, many people are indeed mocking Tyne:
“What’s wrong with this world? A relegation team dares to dream of the Champions League… I don’t know whether I should say that Tyne is courageous or that they are just daydreaming!”

“Tyne wants to participate in the Champions League? I think Tyne is still too conservative. They can be bolder and simply set the goal of winning the Champions League next season! That way they will be worthy of the title of ‘all-powerful China Wang’.”

“The above person has given a good suggestion. If you can’t even win the Champions League, how can you boast of being ‘all-powerful’? Haha!”

“That’s right, please lead us to win the Champions League! China Wang!”

……

All kinds of sarcastic words made Qin An’s breathing become heavier.

For the sake of his own blood pressure, he stepped out and did not continue watching.

There was another reason why he was so angry, and that was that now neither he nor Brother Wang could fight back against those people who were mocking him.

This is not like Kang Dong-hoon’s provocation of Wang Ge before the game. He immediately took out the photo of Wang Ge using gestures to despise Koreans and fought back, which broke the defenses of many Korean men.

Besides, all it took was one match to slap Kang Dong-hoon in the face.

Now, this matter cannot be determined after one game…

He felt unhappy when he thought that those haters could continue to jump around before the end of the season.

After thinking it over, Qin An was so angry that he posted a new social media message on the external network platform:

“How can a fly be expected to understand the greatness of a hero?”

The accompanying picture is of course the comment section under that video.

Then he turned off his phone, as if he was afraid that looking at it any longer would pollute his mind…

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“Champions League! Champions League! Go to the Champions League! Let’s go to the Champions League!!!”

After Wang Lie finished speaking, uniform and deafening shouts rang out in the locker room.

Everyone was waving their fists, towels, jerseys, socks…everything they could hold in their hands, and shouting rhythmically.

Sonny Dean was among them.

Even though he had returned home and was lying on the bed ready to sleep, as soon as he closed his eyes, he would recall the commotion in the locker room.

He actually lost himself in the collective frenzy and shouted along with those people… How is this different from that stupid guy Vitini?
He covered his face.

Under the circumstances at that time, he couldn’t help but do so.

Now I feel a little embarrassed…

The character is broken!
Besides, Tyne going to the Champions League next season, what does that have to do with me, who will already be in Kensington next season?

Why am I so obsessed?
Unable to sleep anyway, Dean simply turned over, picked up his cell phone on the bedside table, and prepared to surf the Internet.

Then he quickly saw the video of Vitini hugging Wang and cheering in celebration.

Of course, I also heard what Vitini said.

He didn’t need to listen several times or try hard to distinguish it, he knew that what Vitini said was indeed the “Champions League”, because this was the goal of everyone in the Tyne team.

Since you have seen the video, there is no reason not to see the comments below the video…

Dean only took a few glances before his sleepiness completely disappeared. He turned over and sat up from the bed, wanting to reply to those sarcastic messages – sarcastic in front of me? I’ll show you what a “mouth cannon king” is!
But when his finger was hovering on the phone screen, he remembered that this was a real-name authenticated account…

If this really got out, wouldn’t it become a scandal of “Premier League stars swearing at ordinary fans online”?

But when he saw those remarks that fully demonstrated the diversity of human beings, Dean felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

Logically speaking, what does it have to do with the fact that these people mocked Wang Lie and Tyne for not qualifying for the Champions League and that he will no longer be a member of Tyne next season?

Besides, he is not a crazy fan like Vitini. Why would he get angry just because Wang Lie was criticized and ridiculed?
This doesn’t make sense…

But he was indeed angry.

He thought while sitting on the bed, stood up and paced around the room, and thought while lying in bed.

Finally he figured it out – I’m not unhappy with Wang, I’m just unhappy with those people, it has nothing to do with Wang!

Shouldn’t anyone be angry when seeing those stupid remarks?
So it is reasonable and natural for me to be angry!

After completing the logical consistency, Dean’s anxious mood eased a little.

He could finally sleep.

He had played a very intense game today, and he was actually very tired. If he hadn’t seen this incident just now, he would have probably fallen asleep a long time ago…

Damn it, those brainless haters who are the son of a bitch are making me not get enough sleep!

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Vitini’s father frowned as he looked at the video on his mobile phone screen and the comments section under the video.

Most people were laughing at Wang Lie, many were laughing at Taien, and some were laughing at his son.

Vitini’s image in the public opinion has never been good. On the one hand, it is because of his ugly appearance, on the other hand, it has something to do with his personality, and on the other hand, of course, it is the damn racial discrimination.

So he actually understands his son very well. As a Brazilian, why does he ignore Ronaldo, a high-quality idol, and insists on worshipping a Chinese who is thousands of miles away.

Because when Wang Lie first landed in Europe, he also suffered a lot of racial discrimination. And Wang Lie has been fighting against racial discrimination, using the law and football.

In the heart of his son, who was criticized and attacked in European public opinion because of his appearance and skin color, Wang Lie, who always fought back fiercely against racists, was his hero.

There are not many people who dare to use racism to attack Wang Lie now, but his son Vitini still encounters such problems from time to time.

If there was anything they could use against his son, these bastards would take advantage of it.

For example, in this case, because these words came from Vitini’s mouth, his son became the object of ridicule by many people, and these ridicules were full of racial discrimination – for example, some people did not say it explicitly, but sent a lot of banana emoji icons; others said “If you don’t understand, just ask, which is more difficult, Tyne qualifying for the Champions League or ancient apes learning to walk upright?”

Isn’t it just calling his son a gorilla?
What makes Vitini’s father feel fortunate now is that this matter started to ferment after his son had gone to bed – because his son learned to go to bed early with Wang Lie, he now goes to bed very early and has fallen asleep at this time.

If he saw this before going to bed, given his son’s personality and temper, he might not be able to sleep that night…

But he will know about this eventually.

It won’t take too long. When he gets up tomorrow and picks up his phone, he won’t be able to hide anything…

How should I calm my son down when the time comes?

Papa Vitini sighed.

This should be a night to enjoy the joy of victory…

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“…To be honest, it is really magical that a team whose goal two months ago was to avoid relegation is now calling for a chance to qualify for the Champions League. Some people support it, while others ridicule it, and express their opinions on the Internet. So we have decided to temporarily change the content of tomorrow’s “Focus News” and have a good chat with everyone about this matter then…”

Luke Milne saw this official program preview for BBC5’s “News Focus” on the Internet.

This is not a program preview, it’s clearly a firefighting preview…

He hummed in his heart, and immediately saw the intention of the “Focus News” program.

Wang really doesn’t know how many media people he has supported…

Thinking of this, Milne suddenly had an idea. He switched to the address book, found the number of Nathan Sweeney, the producer of “Focus News”, and sent him a message:

“Hi Nathan, I want to be on the News Focus tomorrow night.”

He soon received a reply from Sweeney: “That’s great! I’ll arrange it! Do you want to speak for the king?”

“Of course, I’m the ‘opposing debater.'” Milne made no secret of his position and purpose.

In the recent episodes of “Focus News” related to Wang Lie, the program has always taken a critical stance towards Wang Lie.

Including his refusal to be substituted in the FA Cup, and his extreme tug-of-war with head coach Heldon on the sidelines; and his open letter scolding the club’s general manager and head coach after he terminated his contract with Sofia United; and his feud with Hurlingham FC head coach Kofi Rossiter before his first appearance at Tyne…

So Milne made a small satire on the show.

But the show’s producer Sweeney didn’t care at all and was even quite happy: “Haha, very good, very good, we need you more than ever!”

How can we make the show popular?

Of course there will be some verbal battles!

How can this show attract traffic if it only expresses opinions unilaterally without any debate or confrontation?
It’s like two people are competing, and one of them gets slapped to death, without any ability to fight back. What’s the point?
He had thought about inviting Milne to participate in the show before. After all, Milne’s position was in favor of Wang Lie and he could argue with other guests.

The reason for not inviting him was because they were worried that Milne would reject them.

Because one of the regular guests of the “Focus News” program is Marvin Block. Although Block and Milne are both famous players of the Sofia League and were once teammates.

But because of the way Helden treated Wang Lie, the two had a quarrel on social media last year, and their relationship is not as harmonious as before…

So Sweeney kindly reminded him, “By the way, Luke, Marvin will also be on tomorrow’s show.”

“I know.”

Milne simply replied and ended his chat with Sweeney.

Then he refreshed the official Twitter page of “Focus News” and found that they had modified the content of the program preview.

The text at the front remained unchanged, except for the social media accounts of host Aaron Thompson, himself, Block and Dadomo added at the end.

This is the person I will be dealing with on the show tomorrow.

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“Oh my goodness, if I remember correctly, only half an hour ago, this “Focus News” said that they would discuss the issue of Helden facing the possibility of dismissal in tomorrow’s program… How long has it been since then, and they changed the topic at the last minute?”

Liu Zhong complained to Guo Xuequan on WeChat on his mobile phone.

Guo Xuequan said: “That’s what the media is like, slaves to traffic.”

“We are also the media, Lao Guo!”

“So we are also slaves to traffic, otherwise why would we chase after Wang Lie? When he was in Sofia, we were all based in Manchester. Why didn’t we go to London? It’s because it’s close to him. Now that he’s in Tyne, we have to go to Newcastle more often… I’ve just applied to the station and I’m going to move to Newcastle.”

“Ah?” Liu Zhong was surprised. “Didn’t you say to wait until this season is over?”

“How can we wait any longer? Tyne are going to qualify for the Champions League! There are nine rounds left, and I don’t know how many things will happen. At this time, can you stay in Manchester with peace of mind?”

Looking at the message sent by Guo Xuequan on his mobile phone, Liu Zhong frowned, feeling very embarrassed.

Although Wang Lie is no longer in Sofia, Chi Zhen is still in Scots…Manchester is close to Liverpool, and if I stay in Manchester, I can still follow the news about Chi Zhen.

But what Lao Guo said does make sense.

That’s Wang Lie! He’s the traffic king of the Premier League!

Moreover, the topic of Tyne’s qualification for the Champions League is really hot.

It’s only been half the night since the game ended, but the internet is already full of related topics—not on the simplified Chinese websites in China, but on the European, especially British, websites.

Those who supported Wang Lie and Tyne and those who mocked Wang Lie and Tyne quarreled with each other.

This is only the first day, and none of the parties involved have spoken yet, and there is already such a scene.

In fact, he came to Lao Guo to complain about the preview of “Focus News” just as a lead-in. He actually wanted to ask Lao Guo if he wanted to go to Newcastle again tomorrow…

Liu Zhong replied: “Alas… If I had known this earlier, we wouldn’t have rushed back to Manchester from Newcastle overnight…”

Guo Xuequan smiled back at him: “That’s why I have to apply to move to Newcastle quickly. You should also hurry up and apply on your website. Let me tell you, Xiao Liu, you have to figure out that where Wang Lie is is the center of our work. Wang Lie is not in Sofia anymore, so what is he doing in Manchester? I know you are considering Chi Zhen, but Wang Lie is in a much better state now, and has a stronger momentum, so we have to go with the flow!”

Liu Zhongxian sent a face-covering crying emoji, and then said: “Even Focus News changed the content of the program temporarily, it really went with the flow…”

“That’s right. You see, there is a reason why the old-fashioned Empire Media is so developed. It’s their sense of smell and their ability to execute. Anyway, everyone relies on traffic to make a living. If you don’t follow the traffic and even go against it, aren’t you courting death?”

Liu Zhong was convinced: “Okay, I’ll apply for it in a while… But it’s not easy, the rent is not until the end of the season. If I terminate early, the company will have to pay liquidated damages, I don’t think the boss will be willing to…”

“Then you’ll just have to run back and forth all the time…” Guo Xuequan made a crying and laughing expression.

Liu Zhong sighed, “Don’t think about that for now. At worst, we can just run both ends. A cow or a horse should be prepared to be a cow or a horse… We just need to keep running both ends until the end of this season.”

Guo Xuequan teased him by posting an emoticon pack that said, “If you are not ruthless in moving bricks today, your position will not be stable tomorrow.”

Liu Zhongze said: “Speaking of which, it was quite lively tonight. After this match, I thought the contest between Wang Lie and Jiang Dongxun would become the focus of our attention after the match, but I didn’t expect Vitini to shout out big news. Who still cares about Jiang Dongxun…”

“Originally, only we and the Korean media were concerned. How many British media reported it? Very few, and they just treated it as a small episode. But the relegation team is fighting for the Champions League qualification, this is big news. Compared with this, the Koreans’ little thoughts are not even worth mentioning. Wang Lie never looked at the Korean media seriously from beginning to end. I think this Champions League goal was most likely proposed by Wang Lie after he went to Tyne. He has the stars and the sea in his eyes, so he won’t waste time and energy on those little Karami. Even if the Champions League goal was not exposed by Vitini, he should not respond to Jiang Dongxun’s provocation – he has already responded on the court, and saying one more word would be giving face to the Koreans.”

“Indeed…” Liu Zhong also agreed with Guo Xuequan’s analysis. “Okay, Lao Guo, you have submitted the report, but the station won’t approve it so quickly. So you have to run back and forth with me. Let’s go to Newcastle again tomorrow, okay?”

“Okay, I’m also an ox or a horse, so just run.” Guo Xuequan sent himself another emoticon package that said “If you are not ruthless in moving bricks today, your position will not be stable tomorrow.”

(End of this chapter)