Chapter 126: Shocking News
Lu Bing stood in the apartment and looked around, the small one-bedroom apartment was full of simple home furnishings, sofas, dining tables, open kitchens, beds in the bedrooms, and wardrobes...... It's all there, and it's finally like a home instead of a hotel.
This is an apartment he has just rented.
He finally got rid of the days of going back and forth between Milan and Genoa every week, and finally had to wander around Genoa hotels.
This is the final result of a month-long tug-of-war between him and domestic newspapers over applications, reports, and approvals.
The employer agreed to rent an apartment in Genoa as a place for long-term residence and office, so that he could follow up and report Gao Zheng's news and reimburse him for the cost of renting a house in Genoa.
As for the station in Milan, I don't want it.
His focus has also shifted from reporting on AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus, the top three in the north, to Genoa, focusing on Gao Zheng's situation.
Domestic fans are now paying the most attention to Gao Zheng, and compared with him, the news of the top three in the north is not so urgent.
In addition, there are many media outlets covering AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus, and there are many news items that can be found on the Internet, and their newspapers also have partnerships with media such as "Milan Sport" and "Torino Sport", so you can directly use other people's news reports.
On the Genoa side, there are not so many news sources. And to report on Chinese players, it is naturally more convenient for him to be a Chinese reporter.
But in fact, his movements are quite slow, and the most positive person is somewhat unexpected, it is Wang Yixing.
He had already rented in Genoa half a month ago, and the work in Rome naturally took a back seat, and this was his main battlefield.
When he first heard the news, Lu Bing was surprised - he never expected that a pessimist would be so quick and so confident in Gao Zheng's future, and he would not hesitate to leave his Roman career and run to the small place of Genoa.
Lao Wang and he do not belong to the same newspaper, and their sales and popularity in China are inferior to the units they work for, but the efficiency of other units is really high......
Lu Bing sat down on the sofa and flipped through the newspaper he had bought downstairs.
In the 25th round of a match that ended yesterday, Gao Zheng did not score, and Sampdoria and Empoli drew 1:1.
At present, he has 47 points and is temporarily ranked seventh.
The league has reached its thirtieth round and the competition is getting fiercer. Even if you want to move up one place in the standings, it becomes difficult, and sometimes even if you go up, you may not be able to stand up, and you may be overtaken by your rivals after one league game.
For more than a month, Sampdoria has lost and won and drawn in the league, and Gao Zheng has also come off the bench but can't score, after all, football is a team sport, and no matter how good his individual performance is, he can't turn the tide every time and help the team win.
There were times when he didn't score and the team won the game. Sometimes even if he scores, the team still loses.
But even Lao Wang will no longer observe and analyze Gao Zheng's every game with a magnifying glass, nor will he make any worried pessimistic remarks because Gao Zheng did not score in one or two games, which caused domestic fans to be very dissatisfied with him.
Now it's not just Lao Wang, but domestic fans don't have as much trouble with Gao Zheng's performance as they did at the beginning.
Everyone still pays attention to whether Gao Zheng scores or not, but they can already look at Gao Zheng's performance in every game with a very normal mentality.
Lu Bing thinks that maybe everyone has matured together.
In fact, this is a normal situation, who can't stand it every day. And it's a lot of pressure on the players themselves.
He and Lao Wang were worried that everyone had too high expectations for Gao Zheng, and they artificially poured cold water.
Unexpectedly, everyone's calm mentality has nothing to do with them pouring cold water, but because Gao Zheng has scored a lot of goals, everyone is used to it, and it is not strange to see it. Even if Gao Zheng didn't score, no one would be anxious that Gao Zheng was going to finish......
Thinking of this, Lu Bing laughed.
It's funny.
When will Chinese fans become accustomed to the outstanding performances of our players in the Europa League......
Gao Zheng really made history.
LΓΌ Bing refocused his attention on the newspaper.
Yesterday's make-up draw in which Gao Zheng did not score was not the focus of this issue of "Nineteenth Century Daily".
The next race is the focus of the media attention.
It was the thirtieth round of Serie B, and Sampdoria played Sassuolo away.
Sassuolo are currently second in the league with 55 points, and if they can finish the season in this position, then they will be promoted directly to the first division.
For Sassuolo, it is undoubtedly one of the most celebratory honours the club has ever had.
But it won't be easy to get promoted, with Pescara and Verona behind them all eyeing up for a place in direct promotion. Sassuolo and Pescara are actually on the same level, but Sassuolo has a slight advantage in early goal difference, so they are in second place.
Sassuolo, meanwhile, are just one point clear of fourth-placed Hellas Verona. So the home game against Sampdoria, they can't afford to lose.
Sampdoria are currently seventh in the table, just one point clear of sixth in the league and will have to finish in the top six if Sampdoria are to retain their promotion hopes.
It looks like a game where two teams collide for the same goal of qualifying.
But the fundamental reason why the media is so hyped up is because of Gao Zheng.
Three days ago, before the 25th round of the match between Sampdoria and Empoli, the "Nineteenth Century" suddenly published a reporter's investigation, in which it claimed that the reporter received the news from an unnamed insider, saying that Gao Zheng, who had tried out in Sassuolo, was not able to sign with Sassuolo in the end, not because Gao Zheng did not perform well during the trial.
On the contrary, Gao Zheng performed very well in the trial, and has won the recognition and acceptance of the coaches and players, and the reserve team is ready to offer him a professional contract.
However, due to the opposition of Sassuolo club owner Skunzi, the signing eventually fell through.
Gao Zheng left Sassuolo disappointed and came to Sampdoria.
The next thing should be known to all readers of the Nineteenth Century Paper.
As soon as this news came out, it naturally caused a sensation.
Reporters, including Lu Bing and Wang Yixing, went to the training base to interview Gao Zheng, wanting to know whether the truth of the matter was as the anonymous whistleblower said.
How did Gao Zheng answer at the time: "I don't know about the owner of Sassuolo Club, I didn't have any contact with him when I tried out at Sassuolo. So I don't know why I didn't sign with Sassuolo, I can only say that I was personally happy with my performance during the Sassuolo tryout, and I don't think it had anything to do with my personal quality that I didn't pass the Sassuolo trial. β
This answer is very intriguing.
He said he was fine during the Sassuolo trial, but he didn't know anything about the Sassuolo club owner...... Is this a euphemistic acknowledgment of what was said in the breaking article?
There were also media reporters who tried to contact Sassuolo FC, and the interviewer was Nierio Bonato, the manager of Sassuolo FC.
He denied this claim completely, of course.
'The club is not a word of the chairman, and he will not interfere with the recruitment of reinforcements in the reserves.
But when the reporter asked why Gao Zheng did not pass the Sassuolo reserve team trial, Bonato could only flicker, and could not come up with a convincing statement at all.
That's interesting.
Since it wasn't Skunzi who vetoed this signing, why is it unclear why Gao Zheng was not able to sign a contract with Sassuolo?
Is it unclear or difficult to say?
It was originally a very simple matter, but it suddenly became confusing and suspicious.
And the issue of "Nineteenth Century News" that Lu Bing now holds in his hand claims to end the suspenseful story between Gao Zheng and Sassuolo.
On the front page is a composite photo of Gao Zheng and the Sassuolo club crest, with a very eye-catching caption: "Skunzi: We don't need Milan outcasts!" β
Lu Bing couldn't help but whistle when he saw this appalling title.
It is worthy of its counterparts in developed countries in the media, but the incendiary skills of this headline are extraordinary.
A simple sentence not only aroused everyone's curiosity, but also made Sampdoria fans suddenly cry out for Gao Zheng, but also pulled the giant club AC Milan out to increase the astonishment of the news itself...... It's simply the culmination of the title party.
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PS, the timeline skipped a month directly, because there is nothing to write about in this month, it is nothing more than various competitions. So in this way, it is skipped directly, which is equivalent to the black transition in the movie "a month later", and the key is the next plot.