Chapter 130: Boiling Manchester (Part II)
After a night of playing with their two sons and putting them to sleep, Rooney and his wife Colleen packed their bags for a holiday to Greece tomorrow.
After cleaning up, it was already early in the morning, and the exhausted two people collapsed directly on the bed and fell asleep. Perhaps because he was too tired, Rooney had a rather wonderful dream in his sleep, but was woken up by the ringing of the phone at the most important time of this dream.
"Cole, you'd better have something important, or I won't let you go." Rooney took the phone on the bedside and said in a bad tone to Cole on the other end of the phone.
As one of the editors-in-chief of the Guardian's sports section and one of United's most loyal fans, Cole's coverage is almost entirely biased towards Manchester United.
That's why Ferguson, a stubborn old man, allowed Cole to interview his teammates. It was also because of his same love for boxing that Cole became friends with Rooney by chance.
"Wayne, do you have Evra's phone number?"
"That's it," Rooney was a little depressed when he heard Cole's words, "I'll look for it later and send it to you." ”
"Wayne, he's back, he's going to lift the game, with Evra." Cole said in a twist.
"Who? Who replied ......" hasn't woken up yet, Rooney is a little confused at the moment.
“Patrick! Patrick●De●Bourbon! Cole's voice unconsciously raised an octave at this time.
"What did you say?!" Rooney sat up suddenly, waking Colleen up beside him.
"Honey, what's wrong?" Colleen sat up from the covers.
"Baby, it's okay, you go to sleep first." After kissing Colleen, Rooney walked to the living room with his phone.
"Cole, what you said is true?" Still a little unconvinced, Rooney asked again.
"It's true, Wayne, you go to Evra's twitter and there's Patrick's video on it." Cole said excitedly, "You give me Evra's phone number, I want to ask for detailed information to see if I can watch the live broadcast of the game for a while." ”
"Okay, I'll send it to you."
Hanging up, Rooney sent Evra's phone to Cole, and he clicked on Evra's Twitter.
The face in the picture gradually overlaps with the face in the memory. Although he looks more handsome, his mouth is still so venomous.
"This bastard......" Rooney laughed and scolded looking at the photo, "I've finally found you." ”
At this moment, Rooney didn't pay attention to the time, and directly flipped out an old man's phone and broadcast it.
“hello,Giggs……”
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At the same time, the rest of the office saw Cole Thompson's actions and opened their address books to find people who might have a hint of news.
"Hello, Andy, I'm Emily."
"Oh my God, Emily, do you know what time it is?" The man on the other end of the phone, Andy, yelled at the phone in dissatisfaction.
"Andy, don't be angry first, I just want to ask, do you know anyone in China?"
"Why do you ask this?"
"Patrick is playing in China today, but I can only find a little information online, so I want to ask you."
Because Andy had studied in China, Emily, who was also a Manchester United fan, thought of this person at the first time.
"Who are you talking about?!" Hearing the familiar name, Andy immediately sat up from the bed.
“Patrick! Have you forgotten him? Emily said angrily.
"No, no, no, you misunderstood, where did you get the news?" Andy immediately explained.
"Evra just posted this on his twitter, you ...... it" Emily couldn't finish her sentence when a busy tone came from the phone.
"This bastard," Emily was scolding Andy through gritted teeth, and Andy's text message came in, "I'll take a look and I'll get you the news later".
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"Hey, Barton, do you know anything about Patrick's football?!"
"Who?!!! Patrick?? ”
At the same time, sixteen people were constantly on the phone.
Once a message is passed out by one person, it will soon be heard in the mouths of a large group of people.
So half an hour after Cole's phone call, half of the people vying to be in Manchester were shocked by the news.
Many people who were woken up in their sleep, when they heard the news, left the warm bedding one after another, and excitedly paced back and forth in the living room, bedroom, and yard.
Normally, the city of Manchester only slowly wakes up from its slumber after half past six. But today, it's not yet six o'clock in the morning, and the real city of Manchester has become a bit 'noisy'.
People who couldn't sleep anymore got dressed and went out of their homes to find answers from the outside world. But when I walked out of the house, I found that many people had gathered together on the street.
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"Hey, old man, do you have any news?" Harry, dressed in his pajamas, asked his neighbor through the fence.
"I knew he was going to compete in the Asian Dream Cup in Shanghai, and that's all." Karl shrugged, "It's you, you're still one of the heads of the Manchester United Supporters' Club, why don't you even know this news." ”
Hearing Karl's words, Harry patted his head and hurriedly ran towards the house.
"This old guy is still so anxious when he's old." After saying that, Karl crossed the street and talked to his neighbor on the other side.
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Back in the house, Harry turned on his computer, put the news on the website of the Manchester United Supporters' Club at the top of the homepage of the website, and called on all Manchester United fans to find out the game that Sun Shaoye was going to play today.
After sending it, Harry thought that there were many people in the club who were now working abroad, so he quickly found their phone numbers in the address book and called them one by one.
Half an hour later, a fan working in Shanghai, China, translated all the information about Sun Shaoye's upcoming game and put it on the official website of the Manchester United Supporters' Club.
Maybe it's because there are too many people waiting, as soon as the news is released, there is no five minutes, because there are too many users entering, so it causes congestion for a while, and the server is almost paralyzed.
The server was finally restored, and everyone started a discussion on the website.
"Hey, I really want to go to the football game."
"Me too, why didn't I release the news earlier, and now I go to buy a ticket, and I can't catch up."
"Haha, I'm rushing to the Beijing airport now, ready to go to Shanghai to watch the game."
"Oh, the bastard upstairs."
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Because you can't go to the game and you can't see the game live, there is chaos on the Internet throughout Manchester.
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At the same time, the mayor of Shanghai received a phone call from the British Consulate General in Shanghai.
Just then, a recent post was pinned by an administrator.
Everyone clicked in one after another and found that it was a message posted by a person named George:
Hi, I'm George. I'm in Shanghai right now, and I've just called to find out what's going on, and Patrick's game starts at 17:30 Beijing time, which is 11:30 London time.
Since almost everyone is in the UK, we can't make it now, so I hope that the fans in the cities near Shanghai, or in the countries closest to Shanghai, whether you are Manchester United or Manchester City fans, I hope that the fans who come here will cheer for Patrick.
This is my phone number +8613xxxxxxxxx, and I can only buy 150 tickets. So, if you're sure you can come, please give me a call in advance and let me register. But rest assured, these tickets are free for you.
This afternoon, at 16:00 Beijing time, I am waiting for you at the No. 2 entrance of Shanghai Hongkou Stadium.
By the way, I'm not a liar, I'm George Wood, and I'm sure some of you know me, and now I'm the Consul General of the British Consulate in Shanghai.
Seeing this, many Manchester fans in cities or countries near Shanghai took out their mobile phones and dialed the number.
People who are at work have greeted their bosses or skipped work, and many people are walking towards the local airport or station with their mobile phone IDs.
The person who had a date, after apologizing to the person he was dating, also took his documents and ran towards the nearest transportation station.