Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 410 Won another important award in football! What's your next goal? (Ask for monthly ticket)
On August 8, Monte Carlo, Monaco was sunny and lively.

As a small country, Monte Carlo is not well-known in the world. What is slightly famous is its gambling industry and large maritime museum.

And, the upcoming 'Golden Foot Award' award ceremony!
This is one of the few activities they can do, and it is also an activity that local citizens attach great importance to.

Others may not understand it, but if you live in a small city on the Mediterranean coast, you are exposed to gamblers from all over the world every day, and you are used to many bad qualities of human nature.

At this time, suddenly there is a world-famous sports industry award ceremony held in your place, then you will be very proud and take it very seriously.

Before the awards ceremony began, some local merchants and vendors had already begun to pay attention to the news about this Golden Foot Award.

They talked and discussed with the neighbors, and at the same time imagined whether the candidate players coming to this award ceremony would visit their stores and hotels, giving their stores a higher level of value.

They can take a photo with the stars in the store and publicize it in the future. This is so-and-so’s favorite place to come, and it’s fine. The food is 20% more expensive.

"The list of ten candidates for the Golden Foot Award has been released, and it is a foregone conclusion that the winner will be the favorite!" - Monaco Sports News

"The list of Legend Award has been released, and many legendary stars are expected to enter the Golden Football Award Legend Hall! Give the award more value!" - Monte Carlo News
When the news of the announcement of the candidacy came out, everyone's attention was quickly attracted.

On a street next to the Monte Carlo Congress Center, locals gathered to chat over morning tea.

"But Casillas and Pirlo are different. If they don't give this, they will retire."

"If Leal is added, then I am very sure that the winner will be among these six people." A restaurant owner said.

But after thinking about it carefully, it seems okay?

"There are several Legend Awards a year, but only one Golden Foot Award a year."

Although it was very brief, it still made the vendors on this street excited and motivated to work.

"You may think that what I said is too biased, but think about it, in terms of honor, who can compare with him in the past two years? Especially him in this year."

Everyone chatted for a while and found that there were gradually more people on the street.

The influence of Casillas and Pirlo in world football is undoubted, and coupled with their upcoming retirement, it seems that they really deserve a Golden Foot Award?

"Chen Yufeng and Cristiano Ronaldo are the same. Although they are the Champions League champions in the past two years, the former also won the European Cup. But judging from their current competitive status, there is no problem at all for them to play for a few more years."

"Who would think that he can't achieve good results at Atletico Madrid?"

"Everyone has the same opinion on the popular candidates, Cristiano Ronaldo, Chen Yufeng, Messi, Casillas, Pirlo. These are the most high-profile players over 30 years old in the world today, and none of them have won the Golden Football Award. Award." A supermarket owner said his opinion while smoking a cigarette.

"There may have been controversy before, because the year he won the European Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo won the Champions League and broke his own record. It is difficult to distinguish between the two."

As soon as these words came out, a reporter next to him added: "Actually, there is no other suspense. There is a high probability that only these four people will be on the shortlist for the Golden Foot Award. Yes, you heard it right, there are only these four people. I will come because others have no chance to win.”

They came with work assignments, so they had to arrive early and have breakfast. After that, they had to prepare for filming.

"Who is Li'er? Has he been a candidate?" one person asked in confusion.

"Can you tell me more about it? Who is here?" Many people curiously asked reporters who came to the store.

Lear waved his hand and shrugged: "Let me narrow the scope. Messi is just 30 years old this year, so the award may not be big. I can give it to him next year."

"Hahaha."

This was the only information the reporters revealed to these people.

They are definitely the most excited, because the media and fans from all over the country, and even the families of the players, will most likely come to their place.

There was also a relatively kind reporter who smiled and told everyone everything: "I don't know about others, but Chen Yufeng, Casillas, Pirlo, and Cristiano Ronaldo will definitely come."

"What do you think?" Some reporters pretended to be sophisticated and did not disclose the information.

On the one hand, it was as they had guessed, and everyone gained a small sense of accomplishment.

"Once they retire, they can at most enter the Hall of Legends of the Golden Foot Award. It sounds nice, but everyone knows that the gold content is far less than that of the Golden Foot Award."

The restaurant owner who just spoke laughed loudly and shouted: "Lil is myself."

The first to arrive were the reporters from the media.

The owner of a supermarket argued rationally: "He is the most suitable one both emotionally and rationally."

"My meaning is very clear. These five people are certain. Why add the words should, maybe, popular? Isn't this bound to happen?"

"..."

"Yes, it should be from these five people." A small vendor nodded in agreement.

After hearing what he said, many people immediately took a deep breath and prepared to refute.

His statement has also been recognized by many people.

"This award can be given to them later."

The people at the scene were obviously divided into two groups. One group felt that this award must be awarded to Chen Yufeng, and the other group felt that this award should be given to Chen Yufeng, but should be awarded to Casillas and Pirlo who are about to retire.

"But what about last year? Chen Yufeng won four championships with Leicester City. Although he left Leicester City this year and lost a wave of popularity, he just won the Audi Cup through a wonderful comeback."

"I still think it is better to give this award to Chen Yufeng. His achievements in the past two years are simply incredible. Moreover, a very important point is that he became famous at the age of 30, and the selection mechanism of the Golden Foot Award is Only awarded to players over 30.”

The rest of the crowd: "..."

It seems that everyone recognizes Chen Yufeng.

While guessing who will win the award, we also guess who will come to the Monte Carlo awards ceremony and who will definitely not come.

"As for those who won the Legend Award, they will all come to the scene, but their status is lower than these..." The man drawled a long note and shook his head.

On the other hand, four people came and it was already good.

These are all heavyweights, and each one of them can be worth hundreds of millions at their peak.

Even when they were at their peak, world football had not yet entered the golden era, and their historical worth had not reached 100 million.

But it will definitely work now!
Look at Chen Yufeng, who transferred to Atletico Madrid for 1.55 million and signed a signing fee of 3500 million euros!
32 years old, this is really a sky-high price...

After being busy for a while, the vendors began to receive fans and friends from Monte Carlo and even Monaco.

After observation and questioning, all the vendors discovered one thing: 70% of these people came from France.

At first, they only thought it was because of the close distance and convenience, but after asking carefully, they realized that Chen Yufeng, who won the European Cup in France last year, attracted the attention of many French fans.

After seeing him win four crowns this year, this attention gradually turned into affection, even deep love!
Most French fans came to see Chen Yufeng.

"Fans of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have to admit that after Chen Yufeng won the four crowns, his attention and influence in the short term have surpassed their idols." A vendor sighed.

"Yes." A waiter said while clearing the table: "Unless Chen Yufeng sinks this year and slowly becomes a passerby, this strength will continue."

"But Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are not without their advantages. Their careers are long and successful. As a point often mentioned in football, their careers are very rich."

"As long as they can regain their advantage in the future and regain their absolute advantage, it will be easy to overwhelm Chen Yufeng."

"On the contrary, Chen Yufeng will be a little tired if he wants to stand in this position all the time, because he has to keep making progress." The waiter saw clearly. It seems that he is also a senior fan.

"I believe Chen Yufeng will continue to make progress."

A fan of Chen Yufeng stood up, wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Check out, boss, I'm going to the scene."

"I have been saving a long time ago. I really want to use this saved money to meet the players I like. I will do it soon."

"I bought a spot for the star meeting before the ceremony, which means that not only can I meet Chen Yufeng, but I can also share the joy of winning the award with him."

"This will be an important day in my life."

"Have fun." Many people sent their blessings to the traveler and cast envious glances at him.

"Thank you, I'm really happy, otherwise I wouldn't say it to everyone." The man explained while paying the bill, and ran away in a hurry after doing this.

The restaurant he was staying in was the restaurant owner Li Er who had just said that the five candidates and I would definitely win.

After hearing that there would be a star meeting before the ceremony, Lili suddenly became interested.

He started calling some of his contacts to see if he could pay a higher price and buy a ticket to the meeting from scalpers!
For a general meeting, it would be the same as not going. Lear would definitely not be interested.

But didn’t you hear what the passenger said?
This is no ordinary meet-and-greet, this is a meet-and-greet where you can share the joy of winning an award with the stars!
This is very attractive to fans... They usually like to enter the perspective of their favorite players and experience something from their perspective.

Now that there is a real opportunity to enter, how can they let it go?

After contacting him for a while, Lear purchased a meeting ticket from a scalper company that specializes in star ticketing at a price 35% higher than the market price.

At more than three thousand euros, it is a bit expensive.

But one good thing about Monaco and Monte Carlo is that they are not short of money.

The place where they live is originally a pile of money.

…………

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Yufeng got on the organizer's special car and headed to the ceremony center in Monte Carlo.

This award ceremony is different from the previous ones.

It used to be a big auditorium, where all the stars, coaches, and team presidents sat together, making it more grand and crowded.

However, since the Golden Foot Award set a limit of '30 years old' from the beginning, it was destined that the number of participants would not be very large.

With so few participants, an auditorium is unnecessary.

Candidates can sit in a room with some fans who bought tickets to attend the ceremony, chat and drink tea.

After the winner is announced, he then steps into the ceremony center, receives his Golden Foot Award, and is interviewed by some reporters.

Is this design good or bad?

It seems that the stars have avoided the embarrassment of being only candidates but not receiving awards.

But it only avoided the embarrassment between the stars. The embarrassment with the fans was not eliminated. On the contrary, it was aggravated.

Think about it, you are here to attend the Golden Foot Award Ceremony, and you have been sitting with your fans chatting and bragging. Everyone knows what you are here to do, and they all expect you to win the award as you wish.

As a result, when awarding the award, the host actually called someone else's name.

What should we do at this time?
Let your fans comfort you?
Stop it, the more comfort you get, the more embarrassing it becomes...

But since people have designed it this way and the fans' tickets have been sold, you can only abide by it. Besides, if I can come here, I feel that I will definitely win the award.

Otherwise, why not just tell the organizer that you won't be coming?

"We have to go to Monaco's Avenue of Champions first, which is right next to the Ceremony Center."

The driver of the organizer who was driving for Chen Yufeng suddenly said: "In other words, the ceremony center was specifically chosen next to Champion Avenue."

"I've heard that every winner of the Golden Foot Award will leave his or her own footprints on Monaco's Avenue of Champions, right?" Chen Yufeng asked.

"Yes."

The driver smiled and said: "Mr. Chen Yufeng's purpose of going there is to keep his footprints."

"Doesn't this mean...?" Chen Yufeng looked at the driver's profile.

Well, Chen Yufeng really didn’t know much about this award. He still checked some details on the way to Monaco.

Otherwise, he would not have even known whether there were other candidates before.

"Each candidate will carve his or her own footprints on the Avenue of Champions, but only the footprints of the winner will be left behind forever." The driver smiled mysteriously and said nothing more.

Chen Yufeng didn't know if the driver had lied to him, but thinking that the award ceremony was going to start soon, he didn't bother to look into it.

More than ten minutes later, Chen Yufeng came to the Champion Avenue.

This is a very grand avenue, indeed as impressive as its name.

Surrounded by organizer staff and media reporters, he spent a hurried twenty minutes, leaving his own footprints and accepting a brief interview.

There were too many people at the scene, and the noisy atmosphere made him a little irritated. This situation lasted until he got in the car.

It wasn't until he got in the car and headed to the ceremony center that he took a deep breath: "Everyone is very enthusiastic, but the process is a little troublesome."

"Of course, Mr. Chen Yufeng, the Monaco royal family attaches great importance to this award, and they always hold it with the highest standards."

The driver, a amiable man in his forties, smiled and said, "But sometimes, once the car cannot be stopped, it will cause a mess."

"However, you have to trust the photographers and editors on the scene. The footprints they present on TV will definitely not look messy."

"Understood." Chen Yufeng nodded slightly.

After a few more minutes, they arrived at the underground parking lot of the ceremony center.

After taking the elevator to the second floor, Chen Yufeng followed the driver and started looking for his room.

"Mr. Chen Yufeng, there is something you need to pay attention to."

During the walk, the driver's uncle finally explained: "If, I mean if you can win the award, the Golden Foot Award you receive after taking the stage is not the one that will be made according to your footprints."

“The real thing isn’t made that fast.”

"The organizer will give you a sample, and then the footprint you just left will be made into a solid gold footprint and delivered to your residence together with gifts from the Monaco royal family and princes."

"It's worth mentioning..." The driver smiled and said, "The sample is also gold."

Chen Yufeng laughed dryly, what else could he say.

Just say "It's so rich".

However, the Golden Foot Award will be sent together with gifts from the princes of Monaco?
This also made him look forward to it...

I hope I can win an award, and then take a good look at which prince of the Monaco royal family is the most stingy!
Soon, the two came to the room where the host was Chen Yufeng. The driver opened the door and made a gesture of invitation. Chen Yufeng nodded and walked in.

"Crack, crackle, crackle..."

As soon as he entered, there was a burst of warm applause and cheers, and occasionally whistles were heard.

Chen Yufeng took a quick glance and found that there were about sixty or seventy fans who came.

Fortunately, this is still within his acceptable range.

If there are too many people, staying in the same room will feel strange and stuffy, making him feel slightly uncomfortable.

I don’t know if it’s something I got used to after becoming a star...

"Hello everyone." Chen Yufeng greeted everyone, and what followed was a routine process.

He shook hands with many people, took photos, and sent blessings to each other.

During this period, we encountered some strange things, such as someone who knelt down on one knee and wanted to kiss his feet, and someone who wanted to put his right leg on his knee to shine his shoes.

These were all rejected by him.

When it was Lear's turn to buy scalper tickets, Lear was even more outrageous.

He first held Chen Yufeng's right hand heavily with both hands and squeezed out his tears. After the tears were not squeezed out, he deliberately said in a trembling tone: "I'm really happy to see you. I hope you can get your wish." Award-winning.”

"We have been sitting here for a long time, and we just watched you leave your footprints on the Avenue of Champions."

"Your feet are really nice."

"Haha..." Chen Yufeng's face turned pale: "Thank you."

Damn, what's going on with these people?

Foot control is foot control, and it doesn’t have to be a forceful control of the same sex, right?

He was silenced anyway, and he couldn't move his legs for a while while standing there.

After completing the photo taking process, Chen Yufeng stood in the middle of the conference room and delivered a simple speech to the fans passing by.

Weird as it may be, he still respects his fans.

This is the basic professional quality of a player, or the basic education of a person.

"I don't know how far everyone has traveled to get here, and I don't know what price they have paid. Even before I came to Monaco, I actually didn't know this link existed."

"But since everyone can meet here, I hope we can have a happy journey together."

"Although this trip is very short, we won't visit famous scenic spots, go sightseeing or anything like that. But I think it won't affect our interest."

"It's August, and the time has entered the second half of the year. I don't know if everyone's life will have a new beginning. Anyway, my new season is about to begin."

"Wish us good luck." After saying the last sentence, Chen Yufeng raised his glass and drank the expensive red wine prepared by the organizer.

The fans who came to the meeting also cheered and had a drink, shouting what they wanted to say most to Chen Yufeng.

"What kind of attractions do you need? Wherever you are, there are attractions."

"I don't know if everyone has their own pursuits and goals. Anyway, I'm quite passionate. The only thing I hope for is to see my favorite Mr. Chen Yufeng reach a higher level."

"Come on for the new season!"

"We also want to see you win the Champions League!"

"If a player can enter football at the age of 30 and win the Champions League trophy twice before the end of his career, then he must be very great!"

"You have a chance Yufeng!! Come on!"

"..."

Chen Yufeng stood in front, smiling and listening carefully, feeling a little warm in his heart.

Although there are many things that are bad, they cannot bring you happiness.

But compared with these people who like and support themselves, what are they?

"thank you all."

Chen Yufeng raised the cup again and drank the remaining half sip: "The joy you bring me at this moment is very precious."

"At least, if a reporter makes things difficult for me later during the interview, I will talk to him with a smile."

"Of course, I will also tell this reporter that you saved him."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The scene was very lively, and Chen Yufeng sat in his seat in this atmosphere, waiting for the award ceremony to start.

Two minutes later, the host came on stage and began to make some customary opening introductions.

The introduction ended quickly. I wonder if it has something to do with the straightforward and decisive character of the Monegasques.

In short, after picking up the list, the host read out the winner of this year's Golden Foot Award: "Atletico Madrid, Chen Yufeng."

The emotion at this moment came very quickly and suddenly.

The fans were immersed at first, and then they shouted out as if they had planned it in advance.

"Oh..."

"Yeah...!!"

Everyone stood up excitedly and clapped their hands quickly.

Many people were even blushing, feeling as if they were at the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony and a famous star in the auditorium.

This kind of activity is quite interesting, as it can bring different identity experiences to fans.

Under the cheers of the crowd, Chen Yufeng, who was wearing a khaki suit, stood up with a smile. After greeting the fans and friends, he walked out of the conference room and walked towards the auditorium.

The driver who opened the door for him showed a proud smile at this time, as if he already knew the result.

This made Chen Yufeng quickly feel like he was being deceived. Normally, he would hate this feeling and might even get angry outright.

But today, he just pointed at the driver complainingly, "I guessed it right, you already knew it."

"Yes, Mr. Chen Yufeng, that sentence was actually made by me."

The driver said proudly: "Every year, only one person can leave his or her name on Monaco's Avenue of Champions."

"This honor belongs only to you."

(End of this chapter)