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Chapter 230 The Ugly Duckling and the White Swan

"I don't want to watch it." Long Bisheng said lazily, "It's nothing more than a video of Tony and the others... I've already figured it out. After all, not everyone can shock the world like Ronaldo in his teens."

"Got it." Even though Long Bisheng said this, Ning Xi still knew that he still couldn't let go. Long Bisheng's character also had his stubborn side. Although he seldom lost his temper, it was just that he didn't lose his temper easily.

"This time it's not some player's video... Good stuff, I finally downloaded it from the Internet." Ning Xi pulled Long Bisheng, but Long Bisheng couldn't beat him, so he had to get up and sit in front of the computer.

"Let me listen to an opera first." Ning Xi excitedly clicked on an MP3 file, and a long and powerful singing voice came out of the speakers immediately. Lu Xiaoshan who followed in nodded, "Yes, "Nessun Dorma", Pavarotti's masterpiece."

Although Long Bisheng has never heard of an opera, music has no boundaries. This aria has always been one of the masterpieces in operas, and no matter how ignorant he is, he still knows that Pavarotti, who has passed away, is one of the three tenors in the world.

"How's the song going?" Ning Xi asked with a smile after it finished playing.

Lu Xiaoshan, who usually likes to listen to operas, already knew who the singer was. He pursed his lips and smiled without making a sound, but Long Bisheng didn't know what Ning Xi was up to, so he nodded honestly: "The singing is very good, is it Pavarotti's singing?"

"No, not Pavarotti, but an Englishman, a very ordinary, very ordinary Englishman..."

Hearing what Ning Xi said, Long Bisheng shook his head disapprovingly: "A person with such a voice, no matter how ordinary he is, he can't be ordinary, right?"

"Ha, I'm hooked, I know you so well." Ning Xi secretly laughed in her heart, but her face was serious: "It's true, this guy was born in 71, and he was unknown in the first 36 years of his life. It was not until 07, when he was on the talent show Britain's Got Talent held by ITV in the UK, that he became known to people for the first time... I downloaded the picture of him when he participated in the talent show for the first time, which is very interesting."

Long Bisheng's interest was also aroused. Although he had no interest in the so-called talent show (mainly because he was spoiled by domestic super girls), the singing just now really moved him.

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This is a short video of just over four minutes long. As soon as the screen was turned on, a fat man with a dull face, a dull expression, and a mouthful of rotten teeth jumped out. He was thinking about something worriedly with his head down.

The voice-over gives an introduction. Paul Potts (Paul Potts), a fat man who bought a mobile phone, was able to participate in this talent show because he mustered up his courage—this poor guy who was ridiculed since he was a child didn’t even have the courage to sing in front of the TV screen.

The expressions of the three judges were very flat. This UK's largest talent show, like many talent shows in China, was a mixed bag. Most of the time, the judges of this kind of show were boring, and there were very few contestants who could arouse their interest. What's more, this fat man really lacked the image that a public figure should have.

The female judge, Amanda Holden, was very surprised by this freak who strayed into the entertainment jungle by mistake, and asked: "Paul, what show are you going to perform?" Paul replied honestly: "I am performing an opera." Another judge, Pierce, showed a strange expression, and he probably thought in his heart: "My God!"

He didn't even say which part of the opera he was going to perform, and the staff played the piece of "Nessun Dorma" without hesitation. He forgot that it was one of the tenor test pieces, and most people couldn't sing well at all.

But when the first line of lyrics was sung from Paul Poeters' mouth, the absent-minded judges stopped all their small movements, and their eyes gradually fixed on the fat man.

When the second line of lyrics was sung, Amanda Holden's breathing began to become short of breath, Pierce and Simon remained motionless like fools, and a tsunami of cheers sounded from the auditorium, sweeping the entire hall immediately.

The second sentence, the third sentence...

Some old people in the auditorium began to wipe their tears. When the last sentence came out of Paul's mouth, the [-] audience in the theater stood up and applauded at the same time, with continuous cheers and whistles.Perfect interpretation, blockbuster.

Not only the 2000 people at the scene were shocked, Long Bisheng in front of the computer screen was also deeply shocked. The process of producing rough jade from rough stones flashed before his eyes, and Long Bisheng even began to tremble slightly.

It was not the first time that Ning Xi and Lu Xiaoshan had seen this video, but they were also silent.

After the short film was over, the three of them didn't speak. After a long time, Ning Xi said, "Aaron, did you know? Paul Potus didn't start formally studying opera until he was 28 years old. For this reason, he owed a huge debt of 07 pounds. The qualification to sing in front of him. After that, his first record was released and sold more than 200 million copies."

Ning Xi didn't continue, but no matter how stupid Long Bisheng was, she understood what she meant - there are certainly geniuses in this world who are famous at a young age, and there are also ordinary people who are unknown at first but become famous through their own efforts. From a certain point of view, the latter are more admirable than the former, because they have paid more.

"After Paul Potus became famous, I remember a passage about his evaluation very clearly." Lu Xiaoshan suddenly said quietly beside him: "No matter how humble a person is, he can still have his own dreams, and he can still fight for his dreams. As long as you don't give up, no one can defeat you. You can defeat you for a while, but it is absolutely impossible to defeat you forever. As long as you work hard, you can also reap success and become a white swan. Even if you live in the sewer, you can still look up at the stars. What a fat man like Paul can do, many of our friends can also do. A humble fat man like him can also realize his opera dream, why can’t we realize it?”

Long Bisheng raised his head and looked at Lu Xiaoshan. Lu Xiaoshan's face was slightly reddened by him, but he bravely met Long Bisheng's eyes: "Brother Long, he is still playing in League One at the age of 20. This is not something to be ashamed of. My brother has been playing in the second division leagues before he was 20 years old. Now he has become the main force of the Super League team. In my mind, he is the best brother in the world, and also the best brother... Brother Long, I always think you are the best, because My great brother, he's been praising you all the time, praising you for doing something at a young age that he probably never could have done - play in Europe."

"Yeah, Aaron, compared with Dai Guangming and the others, your current progress is indeed a bit slow, especially last year when you were still playing in Serie A... But don't forget that when you were already playing in Serie B, they were still struggling in the lower leagues. Now you are paying off your debts for the previous two years of adversity... I admit that it was a mistake for you to stay in Naples at that time. It was my fault. I wished too much to see you play in the top European leagues earlier, but it made you not step by step. Sorry for the progress." Ning Xi lowered her head and said to Long Bisheng.

"What does this have to do with you!" Long Bisheng said displeasedly: "At that time, I also strongly requested to stay in Naples, because I didn't want to change places, and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to play in Serie A. If I had listened to you and found a team in Serie B to play as the main player, maybe this season I would be able to gain a foothold in Serie A instead of coming to League One."

"But to be honest, I don't think it's a waste of time for you to play in League One this season." Ning Xi said sternly, "You've been in Europe for the past few years, and you lacked nothing but stable matches and appearances. Needless to say, in Naples and Serie C half the season, in Serie B you gradually became the main force in the second half of the league. What Leeds can give you is not what Napoli can give you."

"I understand." The knot in Long Bisheng's heart was finally untied at this time—since Paul Potus was able to become a blockbuster with eight years of hard work, why couldn't he do it?As long as you work hard, as long as you persist, as long as you walk on the right path, then why can't you succeed?At least the fact that I can become a professional player now proves that I am definitely not the kind of person who is not suitable for playing football!

"Ning Xi, thank you for your reminder." Long Bisheng said sincerely to Ning Xi, "It's my luck to have you by my side, to keep pointing me out and waking me up. Thank you, thank you... The help you gave me has long surpassed the help an agent can give a player..."

Lu Xiaoshan looked at the two of them and suddenly felt like crying.

PS: When Lao Guo saw the video of this person on the Internet, his hairs stood on end... Brothers who have never watched it, just search for Paul Porters and you can see the scene of this fat man becoming a blockbuster.

(End of this chapter)