Chapter 44 Selected for the Golden Boy and Golden Globe Awards (Transitional Chapter)
After the game, Lin Quan received a text message from Lily Collins, who knew she had arrived at Stamford Bridge.
Lin Quan had already gotten on the bus back to Manchester at this time, and there was no time to meet her.
The two had to use their mobile phones to chat.
"How's it going, what's it like to watch the game live?"
"It's not bad, it's just too far away from the stadium, and I can't see it clearly!"
Lily Collins made a snickering emoji.
"If the stands are too high, you can bring binoculars, and I think a lot of them do that!"
When Lin Quan was in Catalonia before, he often went to the scene to watch the game, and Camp Nou went the most.
The Camp Nou is huge, with a maximum capacity of 100,000 fans.
Sitting in the stands at the highest point at Camp Nou, far away from the pitch, people with bad eyes are really a little unable to see the players on the pitch.
At this time, you can either watch the game on the big screen, or you can bring your own binoculars and watch the game through the binoculars.
Truth be told, it's not necessarily a better experience than watching the game from the comfort of your home couch.
However, when you go to watch the game live, you can feel the warm atmosphere of tens of thousands of fans on the stadium, which you can't feel on live TV.
Lily Collins was able to come to see the game, which meant that she had already started to fall in love with the sport.
That's good news!
"By the way, how's your movie?"
Half a month has passed since the release of that movie, and the box office results should be out.
"It's miserable, it's miserable, it's miserable, according to the producers and distributors, the film is expected to lose more than $90 million!"
Thinking that this is the first movie she starred in, a box office failure will have a great impact on her acting career.
Lin Quan sent a message to comfort: "Okay, touch your head, don't cry!" ”
"This comforting way is perfunctory!"
"Then I'll invite you to watch the game on the weekend, and by the way, I'll treat you to a big meal, it's always okay, right?"
"Really?"
"Of course!"
……
After returning to Manchester, Manuel Pellegrini gave his players two days off.
After three away games, Manchester City's devilish schedule has finally come to an end.
In the coming period, their schedules will be less intense, and the main players who were previously absent from the game due to a cold will return to the team one after another.
In the next game against Norwich, Manchester City can field the strongest line-up.
After Manchester City's match against Chelsea, when the outside world was still very heated about Lin Quan's goal.
On October 27, the Torino Sports newspaper struck while the iron was hot, and with this wave of heat, it announced the list of 40 people selected for the Golden Boy Award this year.
Of these 40 players, more than half of the players are in Serie A.
As an Italian newspaper, Torino Sport takes good care of its own league.
However, most of these Serie A players are running along, and there are few of them that can make people shine.
The favorites for this year's Golden Boy Award are mainly focused on Lin Quan who plays for Manchester City, Pogba who plays for Juventus, and Delacolas who plays for Schalke 04.
Interestingly, with his excellent performance at Everton, Lukaku was also included in the list, and he was not low in the top five.
Romelu Lukaku has scored again in this round of the Premier League, and since he joined Everton, he has already completed the feat of scoring five goals in five games in the Premier League alone.
This goal efficiency surpasses that of a large number of top scorers.
Of course, like everyone else, Lukaku's selection was also for Lin Quan.
Different from previous years, this year's Golden Boy Award can be said to be the most suspenseless one.
Among the 40 selected players, Lin Quan, who ranked first, led all opponents in a faulty manner.
It can be said that although the award has not yet been awarded, the outside world has already tacitly accepted that this award will be won by Lin Quan.
It's not news that he won the Golden Boy Award, if he didn't win the Golden Boy Award, that's news.
Because Lin Quan's probability of winning the prize is too high, the spinach company has already closed the market and stopped betting.
Compared with the undoubted Golden Boy Award, this year's Golden Globe Award is more expected.
Compared with the situation of the peerless duo receiving awards alternately in previous years, this year's outstanding performance in the Champions League, Bayern Munich's frontcourt core Ribery is likely to break this monopoly and snatch a Ballon d'Or trophy from the hands of the two Melo.
On 29 October, less than two days after the 40-man selection for the Golden Boy Award was announced, FIFA and France Football magazine also announced the 23-man shortlist for the 2013 World Male Athlete of the Year (FIFA Ballon d'Or).
Unlike most of the players in the Golden Boy list, the 23 players nominated for the Golden Ball Award are all well-known figures in football, and arguably the best players on the planet!
As the reigning champions of the Champions League, Bayern Munich are the favourites with a total of six players on the list.
Although Barcelona failed to reach the final, they also had four selections due to their excellent historical record, as well as their status as champions of La Liga and the outstanding performance of the national team.
After Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain went on a recruitment spree, three stars in the team were selected.
As a second-generation Galaxy Battleship, Real Madrid lost the league title and had a poor record in the Champions League, so 2 people were selected.
One of them was a new signing that they bought for £100 million this summer.
In addition, Monaco, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City have 1 each.
After FIFA announced the shortlist of this year's Ballon d'Or, the focus of attention quickly shifted from the Golden Boy Award to the Ballon d'Or.
"Ribery's chances are great!"
"Oh, I don't think so, Ribery only scored 3 goals in the Champions League, not only scoring more than half of the goals compared to Ronaldo, but his team also lost to Manchester City and ranked second in the group, why did he win the Ballon d'Or?"
"Franck Ribery has a Champions League trophy and a huge advantage over the peerless duo in terms of honours, so why can't he win it?"
'The Champions League title is useful, if it's really that important, then why didn't Chelsea win the Ballon d'Or last season?'
It is rumored that the fans of the two with the highest probability of winning the award quarreled on the Internet.
Those who support Ribery feel that Scar Man deserves his name, and those who support Ronaldo think that Ribery is not worthy.
Just as there will definitely be Ronaldo fans in places where Messi fans haunt, when Ronaldo fans and Ribery fans quarreled, Messi fans who rushed to hear the inquiry also questioned:
"Messi has a league championship anyway, Ronaldo has nothing, why can Ronaldo be in front of Messi?"
"That is, in the just-concluded Spanish national derby, Messi led the team to defeat Real Madrid again, which is enough to prove that Messi is better than Ronaldo!"
"Hehe, is it so difficult to admit that Ronaldo is strong? Seven goals in three Champions League games, how many goals did your short man score? ”
"Cold knowledge, Messi only played 2 games in the Champions League, but scored 4 goals, the goal efficiency is no worse than Ronaldo, and Messi also completed two hat tricks in the league!"
"Messi has more injuries this year, and if his attendance rate is a little higher, the number of goals in the Champions League may not be less than that of Ronaldo!"
"Hehe, then you have the ability to let Messi not get injured and not be absent, why is there so many times that Messi has been injured in your family, why doesn't Ronaldo have this problem?"
Seeing the reasons for Messi's fans' rebuttal, Ronaldo fans were dismissive.
The lack of injuries is also a sign of strength and luck.
Players who are more physically fit and better at protecting themselves can effectively reduce the number of injuries in order to get higher attendance, more shots and goals.
"Hehe, Ronaldo and Messi are not the same type of players at all, Messi's passing rate is the highest in La Liga, there are more breakthroughs and passes, and the threat on the field is greater, so there are many violations, isn't this normal?"
"One thing to say, Messi is a player who pushes the ball, the ball is at his feet for a longer time, and he is indeed fouled more times than a goalscorer winger like Ronaldo."
"Okay, even if what you say makes sense, what about Emperor Lin? Lin Huang and Messi are the same type of players, right? And he is still playing in the Premier League, where the physical confrontation is more intense and the number of fouls is more, why does Lin Huang not have injury problems? ”
This sentence silenced Messi's fans, and they couldn't figure it out, why Lin Quan was injured so few times and had such a high attendance rate?
Compared with several big favorites, although Lin Quan was also selected for the 23-man squad for the Golden Globe Awards, the outside world is not optimistic about him.
He finished fifth below Franck Francisco, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta.
This ranking is basically an accompaniment, and the probability of winning the award is probably less than one percent.
Regarding this result, Lin Quan's fans expressed their calmness.
"Don't worry, Lin Huang is still young, he will get the Golden Boy Award this year, and after winning the Champions League and the World Cup next year, he will compete for the Golden Ball Award with the peerless duo."
"Brother, you are so optimistic, whether it is the Champions League or the World Cup, it is not so easy!"
"The World Cup may be simpler, the Spanish national team is very strong, but the Champions League is ......"
"There's hope for the Champions League, right? After all, they have beaten defending champions Bayern Munich! ”
"Although Manchester City defeated Bayern Munich, the gap between their hard power and Bayern is still obvious, and Pep Guardiola's Bayern, I don't feel as strong as last year's Heynckes, and there is a lack of championship temperament."
"I feel the same way when you say that, why is that?"
"Pep Guardiola and Heynckes have different styles, right? Bayern are full of blood and perseverance under Heynckes, and they can kill their opponents with impact. But under Pep Guardiola, the team doesn't seem to have that kind of dominance! ”
"Maybe it's still a short time, after all, Guardiola has only been here for less than half a year, give him a little more time, and let's see!"
……
Lin Quan has no ambitions for this year's Golden Globe Awards, and he knows that he must have no hope.
So he's already very happy to be in the top five.
As for the Golden Boy Award, it was almost confirmed that it was in his pocket early in the season, so there were no surprises.
However, winning the Golden Boy Award will still be of great help to his own popularity and commercial value.
No, after the Torino Sports newspaper announced the list of candidates, more and more sponsors came to look for Lin Quan's cooperation.
This time, Lin Quan was found by a well-known mobile phone company in China.
The company has been making great strides in the international market in recent years, and its market share in Europe is rising.
In order to enter the high-end market and challenge the leading position of Apple and Samsung, they launched a high-end mobile phone.
In order to do a good job in the promotion of this mobile phone, they specially found Lin Quan and wanted to use his influence in Europe to help them promote it.
Originally, they were looking for a certain star in the Bundesliga, but compared with Lin Quan, the star who only plays in the Bundesliga and whose influence is limited to Germany and Poland is obviously not as good as Lin Quan's conditions.
Lin Quan has tried the products provided by the other party, the quality is really good, and the other party has given a lot, so he has no reason to refuse such cooperation.
In order not to affect Lin Quan's daily training and competitions, the other party specially brought the photography team from China to complete the live shooting here in Manchester.
"Hello Lin Quan, I'm Guo Fan, it's nice to meet you, I'm your fan!"
The director in charge of filming is a Shandong man in his thirties and 1.8 meters tall.
After seeing him, Lin Quan was stunned for a moment, isn't this guy Director Guo who later made the pinnacle of domestic science fiction films? Why did you come to shoot commercials?
Lin Quan shook hands with him very warmly: "Hello Director Guo, I am your fan, and I will listen to your command for today's work." ”
Guo Fan was originally worried that the other party was a big-name star and would be difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect the other party to be so approachable, and most of the worries in his heart were suddenly relieved.
But what does the other party mean when he says he is a fan?
Has he seen the adventures of Li Xianji, directed by himself?
But this film is very unpopular, and the reputation is not good!
After thinking about it, he could only think that this was the other party's polite words, so he said with a smile:
"Hehe, you're too polite, I'll tell you about today's work arrangement."
……
Under the command of Guo Fan, the group completed filming on Manchester's seaside road, as well as Carrington's training base and Etihad Stadium.
On the seaside in Manchester, Lin Quan is jogging along the seaside road with his mobile phone and headphones, and the camera extends from the mobile phone logo that slightly reveals his pocket, and extends into the distance, implying that they are on their way.
At the Carrington training base, with the help of the sports function of the mobile phone, Lin Quan tied the mobile phone to his right upper arm during training to monitor the athletes' physical indicators in a timely manner, showing its practicability.
At the Etihad Stadium, it was a footage of sharing joy with family and friends on his mobile phone after a victory.
The filming process was very smooth, and it took less than half a day to complete the shooting.
This made Guo Fan and his team very satisfied!
"Lin Quan, you are so good, I didn't expect you to not only play football well, but also act so well, I think you can make your debut as an actor!"
After filming, Guo Fan gave Lin Quan a thumbs up and praised.
Lin Quan didn't care about Cyber Daji's words, if he really believed this guy's words, he would be fooled and lame!
Besides, professional players basically don't have time to make any movies.
But it's always right to have a good relationship with this guy, after all, the movies he shoots are all big hits, the kind that makes sure you don't lose money.
The two may have a chance to work together in the future.
After shooting all the shots, it was already past six o'clock in the evening.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Lin Quan was about to return to his residence when he saw some staff members taking out instant noodles and preparing to eat dinner.
Considering that they were not familiar with each other, Lin Quan thought for a while and said:
"Everyone is a guest from afar, or I'll come to the east, please have a meal!"
"Gee, what's so embarrassing? Everyone is still stunned for what to do, don't thank Mr. Lin soon! ”
Guo Fan said that he was embarrassed, and immediately asked people to pack up his things, for fear that Lin Quan would change his mind.
The corners of Lin Quan's mouth twitched, only the wrong name, not the wrong nickname.
The title of Master of Transformation is really not wrong!
PS: There was a low-level mistake in the previous chapter, it was 5 million when the title was written, and the content was not checked, it was 3.5 million written before. The main thing is that when I checked the information, I found that Messi only had 420,000 fans, and I couldn't fix it, but after a look, it turned out that Messi didn't open Twitter at that time.
In 13 years, the highest in football was Ronaldo's 22 million fans, and Neymar, who is good at packaging himself, also has 14 million fans.
Therefore, the figure of 5 million for the protagonist is not high, so this number was adopted
(End of chapter)