Early the next morning, inside Ferguson's office. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Smack!"

After slamming a copy of the Sun Morning Post on his desk, Ferguson, whose face turned red, scolded: "How dare he?!" How dare he!! Bastard!!! ”

In front of him, Phelan and other members of the Manchester United coaching staff, including CEO David Gill, watched in silence as he was furious and venting his anger. After working with Ferguson for a long time, they already knew that Ferguson must let Ferguson vent for a while at this time, otherwise, he would not be able to hear anything.

After a long while, Ferguson, who had been scolding angrily for a long time, gasped and stopped, sat down, and asked David Gill, "What about Carol?" And what about his agent? Still can't be contacted! ”

David Gill spread his hands helplessly and said, "Yes." It seems that they have already figured it out, and Carol's phone will not get through at all. His agent only took the phone once and the only thing he said to me was 'my client wants to leave Manchester United'. It seems that they had already made up their minds to do so before they broke the news to The Sun privately. ”

"Damn it! That despicable whistleblower still wants to leave?! To hell, I'd rather keep him refrigerated for a year than let him leave so cheap!! As soon as he heard David Gill's words, Ferguson immediately glared angrily again and scolded.

Seeing this, David Gill could only stop helplessly, waiting for Ferguson to vent this wave of anger again. He knew that Ferguson was just talking angry, and in the football world, he would rather keep a player cold than let him go, which is breaking the unspoken rules and has serious consequences.

Even Manchester United and Alex Ferguson are no exception. Whether it is Manchester United's brand and image, or Ferguson's prestige and prestige, it will be a huge blow as a result. The outside world doesn't care what Carroll did to get this treatment, what they think is whether they will get such punishment if they anger Manchester United and Ferguson.

There is no doubt that in this way, if nothing else, it will at least bring huge problems to Manchester United's future recruitment work, and even if Manchester United and Ferguson have a loud sign, I am afraid that not many players will be willing to risk such a huge direct threat to their careers to play here.

In addition, once this is done, the outside world will know that Manchester United and Carroll have fallen out to the point that Carroll will definitely leave, so Carroll's transfer fee will inevitably be suppressed, and it will not only be Carroll who will suffer, but also Manchester United itself.

So, in general, whether in the long run, or in the near term, if Manchester United and Alex Ferguson really hide Carroll, they themselves will suffer more losses than Carroll.

This point, David Gill does not believe that the veteran Ferguson will not know, he believes that this is just Ferguson's angry words, and. Even if Ferguson was dizzy, he believed that Ferguson could not do such a thing. Because, no matter how powerful Ferguson is at Manchester United, Manchester United is not the exclusive property of the old Scottish man.

Sure enough, after Ferguson calmed down again, he said coldly to David Gill: "Since he wants to leave, find him a buyer as soon as possible." But the price has to be right, don't delay it too long, I don't want to stay at Carrington until this winter window, I don't want to see him again. ”

David Gill nodded, Ferguson's words were in his expectation. In fact, the matter had been arranged before he came to Ferguson's office. He came here, and what he really wanted to talk about was not Carol, but the other protagonist of the brawl.

"Okay, I got it. I'll arrange this, but Alex, for Lee, how did you arrange it? David Gill asked tentatively.

"What is arranged? This matter is not your jurisdiction, David! Speaking of Li Lei, Ferguson immediately cheered up and said in a warning tone.

"You know, this incident has too much impact on the team's brand image, and the punishment for Lee must...."As soon as he saw Ferguson's resistant and vigilant look, David Gill knew that it was impossible to use this incident to kick Li Lei out of the first team of Manchester United, but he still spoke a little unwillingly.

But before he could finish his words, he was repudiated by Ferguson with a resolute wave of his hand. Lao Shuai said firmly: "I have already decided on Li's matter, and I don't need you to discuss it." ”

"Okay, I see." David Gill raised his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and said with a look of surrender. He knew that his authority at Manchester United was not enough to influence Ferguson at the moment, so he could only choose to retreat for the time being.

But that's not the end of the story. David Gill glanced at the huge headline on the first page of The Sun Morning on Ferguson's desk – "Gangster or Manchester United player, the 'flower bug' in the ghetto!" ”

Then, he couldn't help but sneer a few times in his heart, he was sure that Li Lei, an Asian gangster, would definitely commit crimes in the future. All he has to do is wait for the right time, a time when even Ferguson can no longer keep Li Lei, and then remove him from Manchester United completely.

As a CEO, he can't stand the presence of a gangster-stained player like Li Lei in Manchester United's squad, which is a huge damage to Manchester United's commercial image, a contradiction that can never be solved unless time goes back.

While Ferguson and others were discussing in their offices, the front-page news of the Sun Morning Post began to make waves in the outside world. Whether it is Carroll's inhuman-looking face photo, or his denunciation of Li Lei and Ferguson, it has shaken the entire English football world, and a huge storm of public opinion is taking shape.

In the market, there are a lot of reports about Li Lei's wonderful performance in Manchester United's opening game, but where are these more sensational and eye-catching than the reports of The Sun?

As a result, for a while, the news about Li Lei's wonderful performance was once again covered up by his "tainted" news. With Carol, the real "victim", everything in his past in the slum was once again dug up by the media and re-hyped, and this time even the name of the flower worm was found out by the powerful reporters.

Moreover, soon not only in English football, but also in Europe, and even in world football, there was a lot of news about Li Lei. Of course, none of this is good news.

For a while, the swarm of reporters once again crowded the gates of the Carrington base and the door of the Ferguson house, and Li Lei became the common tasty prey in the eyes of these paparazzi.

This time, even Li Xin'er, who was studying in school, did not escape the harassment of reporters. Some didn't even know how to sneak into the school and raided Li Xin'er, who had no preparation. So much so that in the end, even the daily curriculum of the school was ruined by these unscrupulous reporters, and Li Xin'er had to temporarily stop her studies for this reason and stay in Ferguson's house all day.

And Li Lei, as the protagonist of the incident, is naturally not much better, although Ferguson did a good job of protecting him and did not give reporters a chance to contact him at all, but it was inevitable to be harassed by them. Li Lei himself may not feel much about this, but as long as he sees Li Xin'er who is sullen and stays at home all day, his mood is naturally not much better.

Because his own affairs have affected his sister's studies, this matter is not justified in his heart with just a little guilt.

Fortunately, Ferguson has done a very good job of protecting them, except that their daily lives are inevitably affected. At this time, the bad public opinion that was spreading and discussing in full swing in the outside world did not reach their ears, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune.

At the same time, the public opinion counterattack war about Li Lei is also being launched under Ferguson's arrangement.

First of all, he personally held a press conference to explain, support and wave the flag for Li Lei, and then various Manchester United players stood up to whitewash Li Lei's ignorant image in public opinion, which may be a little less powerful than the mainstream public opinion that smears Li Lei at the moment, but this is not all Ferguson's arrangement.

In order to increase the quality of public opinion counterattack, he also found an agent for Li Lei to be his helper. This is not an easy task, to find someone who can look up to Li Lei, but also have enough means to resolve Li Lei's trouble at the moment, and is also willing to spend effort on Li Lei, a rookie goalkeeper, a patient agent, which took a lot of effort from Ferguson.

He has approached his son, as well as a number of other Manchester United players' agents, but none of them are suitable. Although some of them are willing to take over Li Lei, these people either have other plans for Ferguson and want to take advantage of the opportunity to blackmail, or they only have money in their eyes, and such an agent will only harm Li Lei, and there will be no benefit at all.

Finally, Ferguson found Ronaldo's agent, Jorge Mendes, who had recently made a name for himself in Portugal. Well, although it is said to be looking for, in fact, it is more appropriate to say that Mendes recommended himself.

At first, Ferguson didn't believe that the Portuguese agent could do anything in this public opinion counterattack. But after some conversation, he was persuaded by Mendes and introduced him to Li Lei.

And Li Lei, although he himself is not very interested in the agent who comes to share his money, but for Ferguson's sake, he still accepted Ferguson's arrangement. However, there is a prerequisite, that is, Mendes must make enough performance in this public opinion public relations, which can be regarded as the final requirement of an interview.

Mendes accepted this and immediately made a wonderful performance that made Li Lei and Ferguson sideways. Among them, he just asked Li Lei to shoot a video of a detailed introduction and summary of his previous life experience. After that, he did it all by himself.

"A gangster young man who saved Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has since changed his face, chasing his unfinished football dreams, and supporting his only sister who depends on him for his life. It's just that in the face of a villain who dared to insult his parents, he temporarily lost his mind and took action. It's just a small mistake, and he's already realized his mistake, and such a young man deserves a second chance in life, and he deserves to be forgiven, isn't it? ”

With this video and this paragraph, Mendes completely packaged Li Lei as a teenage protagonist who only appears in movies. Although there are some additives mixed in it, such as what football dreams, realizing mistakes, etc., even Li Lei, who feels numb for this, has to admit that the image that Mendes has created for him is really infectious.

And the results are very good. With the addition of Mendes, public opinion about Li Lei in the outside world has finally taken a turn for the better. Although it did not form a turnaround, it was already an acceptable outcome for Alex Ferguson, Manchester United, including Lee Lei.

But compared with Li Lei, who is in an improved situation, Manchester United's recent situation is not very satisfactory.