Chapter Eighty-Six: This Image Is Eternal
In his speech, Lotito praised Chang Sheng without hesitation, and many people booed him as a hypocrite in their hearts.
But after he finished speaking, everyone still gave a very warm applause.
This applause was not given to him, but to Chang Sheng.
If they could, they would like to give Lotito the middle finger.
But that would make people think they have an opinion about Chang Sheng.
So they can only force a smile and applaud.
Amid applause, Lotito announced the official start of the ceremony for the installation of the statue of Victory.
But a minute passed, and there was no movement.
There was no roar of construction machinery, and no statues were seen.
Everyone began to feel strange.
Two minutes later, there was still no movement.
Everyone looked around, looking for the statue.
Even the guests who were invited to the interment ceremony were surprised and looked at each other.
In the end, everyone threw the woodwinds at Lotito.
I saw that Lotito was still standing with a smile on his face, and he didn't feel embarrassed at all.
The invited reporters were thinking faster, and they were already wondering if there was some conspiracy involved.
Because judging from the expressions of Lotito and Chang Sheng, Chang Sheng was also surprised.
It's just that instead of going back and forth to find his statue like the others, he stands quietly next to Lotito.
But everyone saw the puzzled look on his face.
So could this be a conspiracy by Lotito? He excused himself for some statue laying ceremony, but there was no such thing at all!
He asked Chang Sheng to come here, and he gathered so many people, just to embarrass Chang Sheng?
But...... It doesn't make sense, is the relationship between Lotito and Chang Sheng so bad that they want to deliberately embarrass each other?
Lotito's brain is still normal, right? What's in it for him? Yes, he can be humiliated and victorious. But who else will dare to coach under him in the future? A manager with such outstanding achievements and outstanding prestige among the fans can be humiliated by him, so what are the others?
In addition, he humiliated Chang Sheng in this way, and also humiliated the Lazio fans who were already very dissatisfied with him, he was declaring war with Lazio fans!
What's in it for him?
Lotito is a businessman, and a businessman pursues the maximization of profits, and he must first consider whether it is good for him to do anything. He would never do anything good.
So what does he get by humiliating and winning in front of 100,000 people?
The media couldn't figure it out.
It seems that this conspiracy theory can only be their nonsense.
Originally, it was said that the statue would be placed. The square fell silent, and everyone waited for the statue of Chang Sheng to appear - until then, the Lazio club had not revealed any information about the statue of Chang Sheng, neither the material nor the size. The most important statue shape, naturally, was not revealed.
So everyone was curious to see what the statue of Everlasting would look like.
As a result, I waited for more than two minutes and still didn't see the shadow of the statue.
Whispers began to appear in the square, which soon swept through the audience, getting louder and louder.
It looks like everyone's patience is running out.
The fans organized by the "Overthrow Lotito's Tyranny Network" raised their banners again, and the slogan "Lotito get out" shouted even louder.
But at this time. Suddenly, there was a roar, dragging out their shouts!
The sound came from above everyone's heads, and everyone couldn't help but look up in the direction where the sound came from.
At first there was nothing in the air, the sun was shining. Blue sky and white clouds, no abnormality.
Soon, though, they noticed that the roar was getting louder and louder, and it sounded like some kind of propeller spinning at high speed.
At this moment, a behemoth slowly appeared behind the tall faΓ§ade of Wanda Stadium - a heavy helicopter rose from behind the exterior wall. appeared in front of everyone's eyes, scaring these people into amazement!
Placing the statue came a helicopter?
What does this mean, this is?!
The helicopter continued to fly. Everyone saw the steel rope held under the helicopter, and as they went up, what the steel rope was pulling finally came out - a statue and pedestal covered by red silk were at the end of the steel rope!
There was a sound of inhalation - the statue was hoisted and placed by helicopter...... Hasn't this ever happened in any other team?
What a big deal Lotito has!
If it weren't for the fact that the relationship between the two of them had broken down, this scene would be enough to move people into tears, right?
The camera in charge of the live broadcast immediately cut the shot to Chang Sheng, and also pushed a close-up shot, wanting to see Chang Sheng's expression.
Chang Sheng looked back at the sky, a look of surprise on his side face - he was also frightened.
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Next, with the assistance of the ground commander, the helicopter slowly adjusted its attitude, direction and altitude at low altitude, and then little by little placed the statue on the prepared foundation.
During the whole process, the helicopter's propellers rotated at high speed, and the air currents that fanned up made everyone's hair scattered and their clothes flying.
Some people also covered their eyes with their hands, for fear of being blinded by the ashes.
In the process of being laid, except for the helicopter when it came out, it caused a burst of exclamation, and the rest of the time it was very quiet.
When the helicopter set up the statue, it slowly flew away, and the roar faded away.
Everyone's hairstyle was completely blown up.
Ground crews are putting the finishing touches on the installation.
There is still some time before it is really settled, and at this time Lotito invited Chang Sheng to come to the stage to say a few words.
Chang Sheng didn't shirk and took the microphone from Lotito.
When he got the microphone, there was a huge cheer from the audience, and the fans who were targeting Lotito were all booing and singing.
The cheering lasted a minute before it ended.
Chang Sheng took the microphone and began to speak.
"It's great to have so many people come to this ceremony. You are my eternal wealth in the seventeen years of Lazio management, far more than those trophies. β
Before he spoke, he was interrupted by cheers again.
Chang Sheng stopped and waited for them.
This time it's shorter.
"We have a saying in China, called 'There is no feast in the world that will never be dispersed'. It means a banquet, no matter how exciting and lively, no matter how happy everyone is. But it's always going to end. It's a law of nature, and I think there are times when we can't beat time. β
Someone began to shout below: "Chang, don't go!" Don't go! β
Chang Sheng pretended not to hear and continued: "But fortunately, for the past 17 years, I have been with you, with Lazio, and I am glad that I chose Lazio in the first place. And not some Premier League team......"
Thunderous applause.
After a pause in applause, Chang Sheng continued: "For this, I think I have to thank Mr. Lotito, the president of Lazio and the most successful and greatest president in history!" β
Chang Sheng said this. Turning to Lottito, he owed.
Lotito's expression was surprised, not just an accident, but a flattered surprise.
He didn't expect that at this time, there were all voices scolding him outside, and Chang Sheng would give him such a big face in front of 100,000 people.
"The most successful and greatest president in the history of Lazio clubs", such a title sounds ...... That's great!
Chang Sheng's approach also surprised everyone else, and they all thought that Chang Sheng was nothing between Chang Sheng and Lotito on the surface. But in his heart he must have hated Lotito very much - he had such a deep affection for Lazio, but Lotito would not let him stay, would he not hate?
And with a winning temper, how can he give Lotito a good look?
But I didn't expect Chang Sheng to give Lotito such a high evaluation in public!
He's not crazy, is he?
Didn't suffer any pressure and coercion, did you?
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Chang Sheng ignored those surprised glances. He continued: "Although I always have to say goodbye, at this time, I am only willing to keep those good memories. Just like this statue! β
Chang Sheng ended his very brief speech.
And this time. The installation of the statue was also completely completed.
Workers dismantled the fence.
Chang Sheng and Lotito walked to the statue and held a red rope.
This is the most exciting time.
The statue of Chang Win will be presented to the fans. So what exactly does this statue look like?
This is the first question on most people's minds.
Holding the rope, Chang Sheng and Lotito followed the base of the statue, and they could see each other.
Suddenly, they looked at each other and smiled tacitly, and then pulled the rope in their hands at the same time.
The red silk that covered it fell suddenly.
The true form of the statue appeared in front of everyone.
When everyone saw this statue, suddenly tears overflowed in their eyes!
At this time, they don't care about the relationship between Lotito and Chang Sheng at all, and they don't care about any hypocrisy or hypocrisy.
They were simply moved by the statue.
None of them expected that Lotito would finally choose such a winning image!
Some people even saw this statue show its true body, and a huge greeting came to their minds - did Lotito and Chang Sheng really have a grudge?
If so, why did Lotito do it?
It's really confusing......
The 100,000 Lazio fans all cheered and clapped their hands desperately.
Even the fans who wanted to get Lotito out of the way were applauding and cheering and whistling at this scene.
If you want to give a picture of Chang Sheng outside Wanda Stadium, there is no better action than this one!
On the two-meter-high marble pedestal is a life-size bronze statue.
The bronze Chang Sheng stood in place, raising his right hand high, and the top right hand clenched into a fist!
Seeing this statue, people seem to have returned to the first Rome derby that Chang Sheng led Lazio to play, and this is how he stood in the center circle and provoked more than 60,000 Roma fans in the stadium!
From that moment on, the entire Lazio fan base up on such an arrogant manager and decided that he was the one they had been waiting for!