Chapter 64: Christmas Night
The popularity and support of the assistant coach on Millwall's official website was completely meaningless, and fans from all walks of life poured in, commenting one by one criticizing Frederick.
This is not surprising.
As Ebenezer had considered, even without the influx of supportive fans, Frederick would not necessarily have beaten him by voting for Millwall's loyal fans.
On the face of it, Frederick has an absolute advantage.
This is not the case.
In the case of Millwall's fan base, most of them only know Frederick and that's it.
Frederick is just an assistant coach, he's not a manager, he's not a player, he's not a former international, he's not a professional, he's just a staff member of the club.
How many fans would support an assistant coach who is not very famous?
Let's not talk about the appearance and fame of the two for the time being.
Frederick has been working hard at Millwall FC, but he has been the 'first assistant coach', and it was only since the beginning of this season that he gave Wise as an assistant coach to assist in the game, but Millwall's results were a mess, with the strength of a team in the middle of the Championship, they were about to fall into the quagmire of relegation, and it was not easy to find a game that would make fans comfortable in the first dozen league games.
Publicity is different.
He only came to the club for a dozen days, but he was able to assist Wise in the game, but it allowed Millwall to win a rare three-game winning streak, and also won against Sunderland in the league, and also allowed Millwall to temporarily escape the relegation crisis before Christmas.
That's the difference.
Even if a loyal Millwall fan were to pick him, he would have a good chance of backing Zhang Yang over Frederick, who has been proven to be difficult to bring good results.
In the next two days, Zhang Yang's support votes have been growing rapidly, and Frederick's support has risen at a pitiful rate.
Later, some people sympathized with Frederick and symbolically voted for him.
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Christmas Eve.
It was an interesting evening.
Christmas is not a holiday for Chinese, but couples tend to remember Christmas Eve.
It was a very rewarding day.
I don't know how many girls were tricked into eating bananas in the name of eating apples, and finally drank soy milk.
Of course, this day is an important holiday in the West, somewhat similar to China's 'Chinese New Year's Eve'.
In most Christian countries, Christmas Eve is an important part of Christmas, and it is traditionally the day when the Christmas tree is decorated.
Often on this night, countless Westerners rush home to reunite, and the indispensable event is the party.
Most Western family members gather at home for a sumptuous dinner, then sit around a roaring fire, play the piano and sing songs, and share family fun. Or hold a special masquerade ball, and celebrate Christmas Eve all night long as it is a happy, peaceful, and carnival Christmas Eve, reunion night, and look forward to the arrival of Christmas.
It is said that on Christmas night, Santa Claus will quietly prepare gifts for children and put them in stockings.
On Christmas Eve, there was nothing.
This is not because he is Chinese, but because Catherine and John did not celebrate.
In the living room of the room, there is only one decorated Christmas tree, and because John is on duty overtime, only Zhang Yang and Catherine are left, and there is no need for any masquerade ball, no need for any large parties, and no need for Santa Claus.
Zhang Yang chose a Christmas dress from a small CNM fashion store to wear, he thought it was very interesting, maybe he could go to the street for dinner and feel the Christmas spirit with other people.
Catherine was busy in the kitchen.
The long wait was worth it, and Catherine served a family meal that was more luxurious than usual, and the two ate together.
On Christmas night, Catherine's temper seemed to have subsided a little, but the two still did not speak, as if they were natural mortal enemies.
Finally, Zhang Yang broke the embarrassment, a big man should not worry about a little girl, even if the little girl is 'not small'.
"How do you ......"
Catherine frowned slightly.
"Why don't you go on a date? Of course, I know you don't have a boyfriend, and I mean with friends, there should be a lot of people partying right now. ”
"I don't like it." "Every Christmas, I'll stay at home with John, and that's how I've been since I was a kid, I'm used to it. ”
"Okay."
Seeing that Catherine had no intention of continuing to speak, Zhang Yang could only eat with his head bored in embarrassment, and at this time, Catherine suddenly asked, "What about you?" ”
"Me?"
"Why don't you go on a date?"
"Do you think I have someone to date?"
"It's the same Denise last time, I saw you all together. And it's a couple photo. Catherine pointed to his clothes, "And there's a picture of you wearing this dress." ”
Zhang Yang looked at Catherine in a daze, and immediately felt a little funny, "You mean me and Denise?" You're so interesting, it's just a promotional photo shoot together, and I still pay her. ”
"How much does it get paid?"
"It's about six hundred pounds, it should be a lot, Denise is only a part-time model." Zhang Yang thought for a while and said.
The two remained silent.
Catherine's mood seemed to have changed a lot, and her face was not as tense as before.
"Then you ......," Catherine hesitated and finally spoke, "then why don't you look for me?" ”
"Looking for you? You mean to take pictures for publicity? ”
"yes."
Catherine sat up straight as she spoke, and the two huge trembling masses seemed to exude magical power, which was really touching.
Zhang Yang took a hard breath before explaining, "Denise used to be a model, and we worked together, so I immediately thought of her, as for you...... Well, I didn't know you could still be a model. ”
Catherine is certainly not a model.
She herself felt that it was too much to ask, and then the two of them finished the Christmas dinner together, and the atmosphere was much more harmonious.
After the meal and everything was cleaned up, Catherine came to Zhang Yang's side, pointed to his clothes and asked, "Is there still that matching women's dress?" ”
"Upstairs." Zhang Yang said, "Yes, I'm useless, I can give it to you." ”
"Then why don't you get it?"
"Okay."
Zhang Yang didn't know what the female tyrannosaurus was crazy about, but he still brought the women's clothes.
Catherine took it and went to the room to change clothes, and when she came out again, Zhang Yang looked at her perfectly displayed figure, and couldn't help but praise, "You look more beautiful than Denise." ”
"Of course." Catherine was as proud as a little rooster.
"Let's go!"
"Where are you going?"
Catherine pulled Zhang Yang to change her shoes, "Go outside!" It's Christmas Eve, do you want to be bored at home? The streets are definitely lively. ”
Zhang Yang was almost forced to change his shoes, and then went out with Catherine.
The two wore couple's Christmas dresses, and they were regarded as a young couple when they walked on the street, and they also received Christmas wishes from many passers-by.
Zhang Yang feels weird.
Catherine was in a good mood, she also took the initiative to pull Zhang Yang around, look at this for a while, look at that for a while, I don't know when, both of them held hands together.
When I returned home, my thoughts diverged.
When the door was closed, he even began to panic, feeling that he was a big man, and he was actually counterattacked by a female pervert.
"To accept or not to accept?"
Just when a seductive lip was attached to his face, Zhang Yang subconsciously stretched out his hands and touched the coveted pair......
"What are you doing?" Catherine shouted and jerked back.
"Huh?"
Zhang Yang was a little stunned, shouldn't the story be this rhythm?
"Just because of Christmas. Forget about the past! That's the last kiss, for you. Good night. Catherine turned and climbed the stairs as she spoke, blinking and smiling with big eyes, leaving a sentence before leaving, "By the way, I haven't congratulated you on winning the Millwall official website support PK, I hope that will help you in your work." ”
Looking at the woman's slender back, Zhang Yang sighed secretly, he rolled his eyes, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's really boring, I thought there would be additional benefits!" ”
"That's right! I just said that this female tyrannosaurus rex couldn't change sex, and suddenly became gentle! ”
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On Christmas Day, Zhang Yang came to the Millwall Club.
There is no winter break in the English league, and there is naturally no Christmas holiday for professional players.
With the next day against Ipswich All, they had to return to the club on Christmas Day to take part in the preparations.
At this time, some people in Millwall were terrified.
After Wise's serious injury, the team lost a head coach, and it doesn't matter if a team loses any players, but it has to have a head coach.
But that's not what people are talking about.
Just like many fans know that Millwall's official website has a support PK campaign, Millwall's players will of course also know that many of them also participate in the voting.
"I voted for Zhang Yang! It doesn't mean I'm rooting for him, it's just that I don't like Frederick. Joey Healy shared with his teammates, "But my vote doesn't seem to matter, there are too many fanfare supporters." I think he's much more popular than I am, and yes, I've seen over 30,000 votes, which is incredible, and it's the first time I've known that Millwall has so many active members on the Internet. ”
"What about Frederick?"
Quite a few people burst out laughing.
They also saw the comparison of the votes of the two, and Frederick's total votes could not even catch up with a fraction of the flamboyant votes.
Of course, there were also players who expressed their support for Frederick.
"Zhang Yang is just coming to the team, I can't figure out why I voted for him, he is a few years younger than me."
Key striker Neil Harris said.
Others followed suit, but the focus soon became 'why the club started the vote', and the players knew much more about the club than the media, and they were able to conclude that the club was likely to consider either Frederick or Zhang Yang taking over as head coach.
It's kind of amazing.
Frederick also said that in the past, after all, he had worked at Millwall for ten years and had some experience in everything.
Publicity?
That's just a 22-year-old young Chinese man!
"If the club asked us to vote for one of the two to be the manager, who would you vote for?"
Kevin Gere brings up an interesting topic.
But in the face of this problem, many players were silent, and after thinking about it carefully, they found that it was really difficult to choose.
Frederick?
Does that guy have any skills?!
Publicity?
That may be a joke.
But when everyone gathered together at the training ground and was preparing for the morning training, they faced this problem.
Ebenezer stood in front of all the players and said in a very serious manner, "Everyone knows that Wise is injured and we have to decide on a temporary leader as soon as possible. England is a democratic country and you are all important members of the team and you are eligible to participate in the selection. ”
"You have two choices, one is Frederick and the other is flamboyant, I don't think you need to introduce them seriously. You can put your votes in this box as you wish, and the club will take into account everyone's opinions to decide who will be the interim head coach! ”
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