Chapter 78: Become famous as early as possible

The tit-for-tat reports by Zhong Dajun and Xie Liang, Shuxi Metropolitan Daily and Jinguan Express, made Chen Yingxiong a celebrity in Chengdu.

Now everyone knew that there was such a person in Chengdu. He played football in Russia. He scored ten goals in eleven league games. He went to Russia because he was kicked out of the team in China after he retaliated against Meng Ran. His father secretly borrowed money and took him on an epic European tour, just to find a club that would accept him.

He had so many legendary stories that were hard to believe at first.

After someone scanned or typed these reports onto the Internet, many people's first reaction after reading them was, "Fuck! This reporter must have come from Qidian!"

The article may not have been convincing enough, but the photos were very convincing.

Here we have to say that Zhong Dajun was very thoughtful. A picture dug from the official website had shut up all those who wanted to habitually question.

He also took clear large pictures and put them in the newspaper so that everyone could compare them and draw their own conclusions.

In the face of the ironclad facts, Xie Liang's article, which was full of laughter and anger, now seemed like a slap in his own face.

After that day, Jinguan Express did receive many phone calls and letters of protest and condemnation. The reporters and editors who they protested and criticized were called brainless. They didn't even do the most basic fact-finding, but just talked nonsense in such an influential media position. What was the result? Facts proved that they were real heroes in Chengdu! They were indeed the pride of this city! What was the difference between such arbitrary behavior and those housewives who gossiped about the Li family in the streets? Was this the attitude that responsible media reporters should have?

Sharply worded letters from readers flew into the Jinguan Express newspaper like snowflakes, and passionate phone calls came into the editorial office one after another. The office building of Jinguan Express was in chaos during those days.

There was also a fierce struggle within the newspaper.

The editor-in-chief wanted Xie Liang to conduct an internal review and then write an open letter of apology to be published in a prominent position in the newspaper, so as to minimize the negative impact of Xie Liang's article.

But Xie Liang, who prided himself on being a man of letters, would never bow to these ugly black forces! He would never admit his mistakes! He would never write a damn public apology letter!

"Anyway, I just won't apologize! If you have the guts, just fire me!" At an internal meeting, he slammed the table to show his scholarly character.

Then, he was fired…

Later, it was said that this person went to Beijing media, and with his humorous and angry writing style, he managed to make a living. Later, he started writing books, published several novels, and appeared on the Internet as a public intellectual, becoming famous for a while. But he had a habit. No matter where he was, he would always rush to the front of any negative news that was unfavorable to Chen Yingxiong, criticizing passionately, and describing Chen Yingxiong as a scum who embodied the dark side of Chinese football… But that's all for later.

Jinguan Express quickly sacrificed to save itself, and published an apology letter written by the editor-in-chief in a prominent position, which was considered high-level treatment for Chen Yingxiong.

But Chen Yingxiong knew that it was not because the people from Jinguan Express had suddenly come to their senses, but because Dracula, who called them, expressed his dissatisfaction in a fluent London-accented English.

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Two days after the quarrel between Shuxi Metropolitan Daily and Jinguan Express, a large number of articles reporting the incident were posted on the Internet. After being spread at the speed of light in the online world, the previously vigorous "Searching for HeroChen" campaign finally ended with Chen Yingxiong being found.

But this was the beginning, not the end, because Chen Yingxiong had become famous on the Internet!

After becoming famous on the Internet, the benefit that came to Chen Yingxiong was that traditional media from other places now knew about him. He began to receive calls from Beijing, Changsha, Guangzhou, and other places, hoping to interview him.

The local TV station in Chengdu also came to the door with cameras.

His mother simply stopped going to the store to help Chen Tao, and stayed at home to help greet the reporters who came to interview him… But she went back soon, because Chen Yingxiong was famous, many media also went to interview his father Chen Tao. Chen Tao's business suddenly became very popular, and he was completely overwhelmed.

During this period, Zhong Dajun contacted them several times, mainly to help them cooperate with other media - when those media didn't know the contact information of Chen Yingxiong's agent, they could only interview Chen Yingxiong through Zhong Dajun. For a while, Zhong Dajun seemed to be Chen Yingxiong's spokesperson in China…

The Jinguan Express also sent several influential reporters to interview Chen Yingxiong to express their apologies for the harm caused to Chen Yingxiong by their reckless behavior.

However, the content of the interview was nothing more than a rehash of Zhong Dajun's previous content, just repeating what others had said.

But who can be blamed for this?

Blame it on a certain "uncrowned king" who thought everyone should respect him…

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In fact, Chen Yingxiong's fame had not yet reached the point of making a sensation across the country, but the previous post "Looking for Hero Chen" on the Internet was very popular, which attracted the attention of print media. The impact of the Internet on society has begun to show.

Chen Yingxiong may become the first Chinese player to become famous on the Internet.

But there was still a big gap between what Chen Yingxiong expected, that is, becoming famous and having many companies and manufacturers come to him to discuss product endorsements and corporate image endorsements…

Now everyone just knew that there was such a person as him, but lacked further understanding of him.

No one had actually seen Chen Yingxiong's goals in the Russian Premier League. Was it true that he scored ten goals in eleven games? Or were the statistics wrong? How did he score those goals?

Anyway, there were a lot of questions.

But you can never doubt the Chinese people's passion for football, nor the efficiency of online media…

Soon Chen Yingxiong saw a video of the Russian Super League on Sina Sports, which was his hat trick against Wings of the Soviets.

The title was very catchy. "China's air dominance shows off its might, while Russia's Premier League powerhouse is brutally slaughtered!"

Chen Yingxiong was very happy. He didn't go anywhere for the whole day. He just stayed at home and surfed the Internet to refresh the comments under the video to see how these people evaluated him.

Moreover, he was not satisfied with just being on Sina, so he registered accounts on Youku, Tudou, Ku6, and other video websites and forwarded the videos to them too…

Then he started refreshing several websites at the same time…

Of course, most of the messages praised Chen Yingxiong, but there were also some who advised him not to come back and to stay abroad to develop.

However, there were always some people who liked to go against others and show off their distorted sense of superiority.

Some people had written long articles pointing out Chen Yingxiong's problems, such as his single characteristics, crude skills, and poor shooting skills…

Chen Yingxiong just sneered at this.

Next season, I'll let you see an even more awesome Chen Yingxiong!

Slapping faces is what I am best at!

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During the following holidays, apart from accepting interviews from media from all over the country, Chen Yingxiong devoted himself to practicing hard in the dungeon.

Most of the holiday had passed, so he had to work hard.

Dracula gave him a training plan, which listed the items he had to practice during the holiday and the results he had to achieve…

It was all physical training, including strength, speed, balance, endurance, and other training subjects.

Dracula explained the usefulness of this training plan to Chen Yingxiong like a trainer.

Holidays were the easiest time to accumulate fat, so it was more important to train your body than to do anything else. If you could keep your body in shape during the holidays, you would always be one step ahead of others in pre-season training and get into shape faster and more smoothly. When it came to the game, you would perform better than others and it would be easier for you to get into the head coach's sight.

Moreover, Chen Yingxiong's physical confrontation ability needed to be further strengthened. From the end of the season, Chen Yingxiong had been involved in close combat many times. His physical advantage was very obvious when he was moving, but it was not so obvious when he was completely still.

Dracula's advice to Chen Yingxiong was to gain another two kilograms and reduce fat content to make the body stronger and more explosive.

Chen Yingxiong trained hard in the copy space according to this goal. Although this kind of physical training could also be done in the gym, but… with Chen Yingxiong's current fame, if he didn't want to be disturbed during training, it was better to keep a low profile.

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As he worked hard to improve himself, more videos of Chen Yingxiong scoring goals in the Russian Premier League were discovered. All matches broadcast live in Russia were included.

Chen Yingxiong's goals, which were full of power and explosiveness, and met the requirements of violent aesthetics, made the spectators excited.

Chen Yingxiong's fan clubs had even appeared on the Internet. These fan clubs had begun to spontaneously collect information about the Russian league and introduce it to everyone, including the structure of the Russian league, the basic information and current situation of Zenit St. Petersburg, etc.

It had to be said that the presence of Chinese players had greatly increased the popularity of Zenit St. Petersburg in China. These were things that the Zenit club did not expect.

After watching these goal videos, the Chinese media also made up their minds - when the new season of the Russian league started, they would send people to St. Petersburg to follow and report on this emerging Chinese hero.