i want to be king

Chapter 356 Who is the winner?
It was already noon when Su Dong and Ronaldinho arrived in Zurich.

The awards ceremony will be held at the Zurich Opera House at twenty o'clock in the evening. This year's theme is "The Combination of Football and Opera". At that time, some opera performances will be interspersed in various parts of the awards ceremony.

This evening will be broadcast live to more than 130 countries and regions around the world. It can be said to be the most important and influential awards ceremony in world football, and it can be called the Oscars of football.

After Su Dong arrived in Zurich, the FIFA reception staff directly took the two of them to a hotel near the Opera House. After checking in, they arranged for lunch, and the two took a short rest in the hotel.

Su Dong originally wanted to take a nap, but lying on the bed, he couldn't fall asleep anyway, and his mind was full of tonight's awards ceremony.

People are really weird.

Before, he really didn't think much about this issue. Whether he won the award or not, he didn't particularly care about it, but the closer he got, the more he paid attention to it, especially after winning the Golden Globe, he was full of desire for the World Footballer.

What a picky, perfectionist Virgo man!
Anyway, he couldn't fall asleep, so Su Dong simply ran to the hotel's swimming pool and had a nice swim for a while.

The whole person was soaked in the water, but he didn't think about anything.

It wasn't until the FIFA staff found him and reminded him that he was about to leave for the press conference before the award ceremony that Su Dong came up from the swimming pool. Shi Shiran returned to the room to change clothes under the admiration of the FIFA staff and hotel employees.

They are probably thinking, even before the awards ceremony, they have been training hard, so hardworking!

But how did they know that Su Dong was really just because he couldn't sleep.

While changing clothes, Su Dong also received a call from his parents in China.

They all knew that Su Dong would attend the awards ceremony in Zurich tonight, and they were all very concerned about it. They heard that there was also a simultaneous live broadcast in China, so they all stood in front of the TV and waited for the news.

"It's okay, Xiaodong, you are the best if you win the Ballon d'Or or the World Footballer of the Year!"

"Yes, son, no matter what, in our hearts, you will always be the best!"

Of course Su Dong said with a smile that he didn't value it very much.

But after hanging up the phone, he couldn't relax at all.

After coming up from the swimming pool, he began to worry about tonight's awards ceremony again.

God, can I just keep soaking in the pool like this?

Better even have the awards ceremony in the pool, okay?
……

During the years of joining Barcelona, ​​Su Dong has developed a skill to deal with media cameras.

He had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but on the surface he was smiling and harmless to humans and animals. No one could understand the anxiety in his heart at this moment from his face.

Not only him, but also Ronaldinho and Henry.

Both were smiling and chatting happily in front of the media cameras, but were they really not nervous at all?
Ronaldinho, like Su Dong, is in the top three for the first time. Henry has won the second place before. Doesn't he want to go forward this time?
Su Dong was the number one favorite, and he just won the Golden Globe Award. He was in the limelight, so he was naturally the focus of most media reporters.

Naturally, he also had to face the most difficulties.

For example, at the beginning, some media reporters asked him, who among the three should win the award?
In front of the three candidates, asking such a sharp question, especially the youngest Su Dong, meant self-evidently, so there was a burst of booing at the scene.

The media reporters are all watching the excitement and not afraid of big things.

It would be even more enjoyable if the three major candidates rolled up their sleeves and started working directly on the stage. It is guaranteed to occupy the headlines for several days in a row.

Not to mention, Su Dong was wearing a dry T-shirt, and the heating was turned on a little high, so he really rolled up his sleeves, and used this movement to think about how to answer this question.

"First of all, from a personal point of view, I am very honored to be here, to be here with such outstanding professional football players as Ronaldinho and Henry. For me, this is a great victory."

When Su Dong said this, the media reporters in the audience kept recording, for fear of missing a word, an expression, or even the tone of his speech.

"All three of us have different ways of playing football. Ronaldinho is my best partner and the best player in world football. He is not a prolific scorer, so goals cannot measure his performance."

"And Henry, he is a great scorer. He has a lot to learn from him on the court. For example, I have really studied Henry's ball protection skills, really."

When he said this, Su Dong turned his head and looked at Henry, "Thierry, I don't know if you have noticed that my ball protection is really similar to yours. I really learned a lot from you. Here, I want to express my gratitude to you in person."

Henry smiled and applauded, and responded: "I think your ball protection is the same as mine, or even better than mine, especially with the help of your strong body. I can't do this. I really think you are very good!"

"Thank you." Su Dong nodded.

"These two are seniors whom I respect very much, and they are also the objects I have studied hard. If I were to choose, I really hope that the three of us can win the award, and we should all win the award!"

Su Dong's last sentence once again showed neither humble nor overbearing temperament.

He touted the two competitors before, but the last sentence shows that he thinks he should also win the award and is qualified to win the award, even when facing the competition between Ronaldinho and Henry, he has this qualification.

The scene also gave warm applause to Su Dong's beautiful answer.

Don't look at Su Dong being polite to everyone on weekdays, he seems to be more humble than anyone else, but when the critical moment comes, he will never be underestimated!

Then the media repeatedly asked a lot of questions, mainly about Su Dong and the teams he played for.

Among them, regarding Barcelona, ​​Su Dong said that the club treated him very well and his teammates also supported him very much.

"I'm very happy here, I don't have any reason to leave, do I?"

Media reporters also asked Ronaldinho and Henry about Su Dong's prospects for winning the award. Both of them also had their own methods of dealing with media reporters, and they basically avoided it perfectly.

These days, not being made things difficult by media reporters is almost a must-have skill for every superstar.

……

After attending the press conference, the three returned to the hotel respectively.

Su Dong's sponsor Hugo Boss also specially arranged for a stylist to come to Zurich to send Su Dong a tailor-made suit. This is a black suit, which will be Su Dong's formal attire tonight.

When the time came, the three people came to the Zurich Opera House in the pick-up and drop-off of the welcome car one after another.

As night fell, there were already a large number of media reporters and fans from all over the world stationed outside the Opera House, including some Chinese students studying abroad and media reporters from China.

When Su Dong got off the welcome car, there was a voice calling his name in Chinese, which made Su Dong stop as soon as he walked on the red carpet, and turned to look for the source of the familiar voice.

Soon, he found his compatriots, and immediately waved to them with a smile, feeling very warm in his heart.

It is not easy to meet familiar compatriots in a foreign country.

Especially on an occasion like tonight.

"Come on! Su Dong, you will definitely win the prize!"

"Su Dong, I love you! You are the best!"

"Su Dong, I want to give birth to a monkey for you!"

When he heard the last sentence, Su Dong's steps on the red carpet were obviously messed up, and he almost fell down.

Darling, how can I make you give birth to a monkey?
Is it possible that you want me to degenerate?
Isn't this difficult for the strong?

"Sorry, I can't do it!" Su Dong replied with a smile.

They were all talking in Chinese, which only the Chinese could understand, and they all burst into laughter at the same time, which made the foreign fans and media reporters around them look confused.

What the hell?

……

After the three candidates entered the opera house, the red carpet part is also basically over.

After everyone was arranged to be seated, the awards ceremony began soon.

First of all, the President's Award and the Fair Play Award, which have long been out of suspense, were awarded to the Undersea Football Association and the Brazilian Football Association respectively.

The reason is that on August [-] this year, the Brazilian national team went to Haiti for a charity match, calling for peace.

Subsequently, two awards were announced for the first time this year. The best indoor football player of the year was awarded to Brazil's Falcao, and the E-sports Footballer of the Year was awarded to Brazil's Thiago.

It is worth mentioning that when the fat Mr. Footballer in the e-sports world delivered his speech, he said that his favorite player in the game is Su Dong.

"But I can't challenge the hell-level difficulty of the national team, so I basically use Sudong to play the club."

Su Dong smiled wryly and shook his head, feeling both honored and helpless.

The national team is his biggest regret.

Miss World Football was awarded next. German striker Prinz won this award again. Brazil's rookie Marta performed well in this year's Women's World Youth Championship and won the bronze award.

Team of the Year was also awarded to Brazil.

In addition to the World Footballer, Brazil won four of the six awards, which can be described as a bumper harvest.

As the grand finale, Su Dong played side by side with Ronaldinho and Henry.

Former World Footballer of the Year Weah read out FIFA's evaluation of the performance of the three players in the past year, and every time they finished reading, they would win thunderous applause from the scene.

Everyone at the scene also felt the tension.

This is the most suspenseful and important personal award of the year. Whoever wins it will write his name into the history of world football and become the tenth superstar in history to win the title of World Footballer of the Year.

This is definitely an honor!
The honor presenters are FIFA President Sepp Blatter, German football legend Franz Beckenbauer and Weah. The three of them will present three trophies for World Footballer's Goal, Silver Ball and Bronze Ball respectively.

And following Weah's words, everyone turned their attention to the big screen behind the podium.

Winners' names will be announced here soon.

　There is one more chapter, I continue.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)