I Just Can Score

The headquarters of France Football magazine is located on the outskirts of Paris, the capital of France. It is composed of two six-story independent office buildings. The headquarters building looks quite contemporary. The silver-white and light green exterior combination can easily make people think of football-related news. affairs.

Paris is known as the romantic city. Living in Paris and working in period buildings with silvery white and light green tones make people think of the word romantic even more.

But some people are not romantic.

In a conference room on the third floor of the France Football headquarters, everyone sitting in the seat had a sad face. The middle-aged man in the center who presided over the meeting had an even more serious and scary expression. His name was Belos- Monitor.

Bellows-Monitor is an editor-in-chief of France Football and the head of the French Football League department. His original job was to select the French Footballer. His daily work also includes collecting information about French League clubs. Check out France Football The information submitted by the contract scouts is used to conduct a series of ability assessments on each player playing in the French league, and relevant reports are compiled and published in magazines, etc.

Bellows-Monitor was ‘promoted’ last year.

Maybe it can't be called a promotion. It's just an added job, which is to concurrently serve as the selector of the Ballon d'Or. The original person in charge of the Ballon d'Or selection, editor-in-chief Paca Ferredo, was laid off by France Football , the reason is that Zhen Shaolong refused the Golden Globe Award last year, which had a huge impact on the reputation of France Football.

Internally speaking at France Football, the position of editor-in-chief has been promoted to the top, and there is basically no room for further improvement. One more job will bring more salary, and the individual will have more influence.

Bellows-Monitor was not happy.

Everyone in France Football knows that this year's Ballon d'Or selection is a hot potato. In February last year, after the incident of Zhen Shaolong's rejection of the Ballon d'Or, they decided on this year's work: they will no longer include Zhen Shaolong as a candidate. List.

This is the inherent method.

The Ballon d'Or has been selected for decades. Some people have rejected the Ballon d'Or in the past. France Football will put those who refuse on the list of candidates for the Ballon d'Or for life.

soon.

After May passed, France Football discovered that this would not work.

Because Zhen Shaolong’s performance was so good!

In May this year,

Newcastle United won the Premier League championship and the Champions League championship. In addition to the League Cup won in February, Newcastle United won the Triple Crown title. Zhen Shaolong was the biggest contributor to Newcastle United's Triple Crown win. He won many, many His personal honors include the Premier League's top scorer, the European Golden Boot, the Champions League Golden Boot, the Premier League's best player, and World Football's selection of the world's best player, etc.

When the entire season was over, Zhen Shaolong won more than a dozen individual awards, large and small. He swept all possible awards and was recognized as the best player last season. He was even recognized as the 'world's number one forward'. His His performance eclipsed other stars, such as Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi and other stars, who cannot be compared with Zhen Shaolong.

Zhen Shaolong just performed better than others, and France Football didn't care at all, but his performance was so much better. He also won so many personal honors and broke several scoring records. France Football 》You have to pay attention.

France Football internally discussed a question: What will happen if Zhen Shaolong is not included in the candidate list?

What will happen if the Golden Globe Award is not awarded to Zhen Shaolong?

There is only one conclusion--

The influence of the Ballon d'Or will be greatly reduced, because they are not selecting the best players in Europe or even the world, and the existence of the Ballon d'Or will lose its meaning.

So what's the point?

No one will take the Ballon d'Or seriously in the future, because the World Footballer and World's Best Player awards are more just!

When the Ballon d'Or loses its integrity, no one cares.

Ordinary fans will not think that it was Zhen Shaolong who actively rejected the Golden Globe Award. They will think that our selection is meaningless, and the Golden Globe Award will also lose its meaning in the future.

This is where France Football struggles.

Now the one who is distressed is Bellows-Monitor, who was forced to take over the selection work of the 'Golden Globe Awards'. The selection work of the 'Golden Globe Awards' also went smoothly. In the end, Zhen Shaolong crushed the score with 478 points, without any The suspenseful ranking candidate is the first, while Messi, ranked second, has a score of 233 points, and Ronaldo only has 170 points.

Zhen Shaolong’s 478 points is astonishing.

According to the Ballon d'Or selection rules, qualified judges will select and rank five players among the thirty candidates. The first place will receive five points, and the second place will receive four points. By analogy, the last place gets one point.

The number of candidates this year is 96, and the candidate’s highest theoretical score is 480 points.

Zhen Shaolong's score was 478 points, which means there were only two judges, ranking Zhen Shaolong in second place.

Yan Shaolong's vote rate was 99.58%, surpassing Platini (98.64 votes) who won 128 out of 130 votes in 1984, breaking the record for the Golden Globe Awards.

Bellows-Monitor looked at Zhen Shaolong's score and felt very helpless. However, he was blocked by a question: Zhen Shaolong won the Golden Globe Award with a record-breaking number of votes. The news can be announced, but the other party refuses the Golden Globe Award again. What should I do with the ball prize?”

Last year's Golden Globe Award was rejected by Zhen Shaolong.

The influence of France Football is huge. They cannot accept the Golden Globe Award and be rejected again, and Zhen Shaolong's influence is also very huge. It is even said that the number of fans who know Zhen Shaolong is definitely many times more than the people who know France Football. Ordinary fans don't care about France Football, but they will support Zhen Shaolong.

If Zhen Shaolong rejects the Golden Globe Award again, it will put the Golden Globe Awards and France Football into an embarrassing situation.

Now Bellows-Monitor's job is to avoid that situation. They must discuss a plan to let Zhen Shaolong accept the Golden Globe Award.

what can we do about it?

Bellows-Monitor was unsure of paying attention, but in fact they had already taken action.

When Zhen Shaolong returned to Madrid, the first phone call he received was about the Golden Globe Award. The call was from Alice, The editor-in-chief of French Football contacted me and wanted to know whether you will accept the Golden Globe Award this year. Prize?

Accepting the Ballon d'Or?

Zhen Shaolong had just arrived in Madrid and his mind was a little confused. He had not thought about it at all. Let's talk about it when we get back. I want to think about it carefully.

Alice took his words as rejection, Okay, I'll refuse it for you.

Ah good.

Zhen Shaolong didn't care after hearing this. He rejected the Golden Globe Award last year, and it seemed okay to refuse it again this year. He didn't have a good impression of the Golden Globe Award either.

In fact, Alice thought from the perspective of business and influence, and felt that it was good for Zhen Shaolong to refuse the Golden Globe Award. Last year, Zhen Shaolong's refusal of the Golden Globe Award brought many benefits, and his fame became bigger.

Sports media all over the world are reporting this news. For a star, increasing fame means increasing commercial influence, and his income will naturally increase a lot.

Of course.

Refusing again this year will definitely not bring much benefit, and it will be difficult to make world-class news again.

So Alice didn't really care.

Zhen Shaolong didn't pay much attention to the Golden Globe Award. After getting off the plane, he went home to rest. Unexpectedly, he met Real Madrid manager Valdano at the door.

There were two people around Valdano. One was introduced as a La Liga Football Association official and the other was an editor from French Football named Brown.

no doubt.

The reason they came was because of Brown.

Valdano still had to show his face. Zhen Shaolong invited a few people into the living room. After a few pleasantries, Brown also directly explained the purpose of his visit, We hope you can accept the Golden Globe Award.

Zhen Shaolong frowned and listened. He was not a stubborn person, so it didn't matter if he accepted the Ballon d'Or. As long as there was no similar incident last year and France Football officials lowered their profile, he would be able to accept the award.

But... is there any benefit?

Because he rejected the Golden Globe Award last year, the Golden Globe Award is already useless to him. It feels a bit weird to accept it this year. If he doesn't accept it, it will be considered normal by the fans.

Zhen Shaolong couldn’t think of a reason to accept it!

When Brown explained the difficulties of France Football, Zhen Shaolong had not spoken yet. Reina took the initiative to serve as the spokesperson, I'm sorry, the difficulties of France Football have nothing to do with Zhen. Accepting the Golden Globe Award will not do any good to Zhen. .”

Brown suddenly didn't know what to say.

Before Brown came to Madrid, Bellows-Monitor also specifically asked him to explain the difficulties of France Football and also used his connections to persuade him. He approached the manager of Real Madrid and officials of the Spanish Football Association, and they also They all came with him, but they were already giving face by coming, so it was impossible for them to help convince Zhen Shaolong.

still the same……

That doesn't do them any good.

Now what Zhen Shaolong’s assistant said makes sense. The Golden Globe Award is a huge honor for other players, but Zhen Shaolong refused it once. The Golden Globe Award is useless to him. Accepting the Golden Globe Award again would be a bit surrendering. There are only disadvantages. No benefit.

I wouldn't have been able to agree to it!

Brown thought depressedly.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Brown had no choice but to stand up and leave. His work in Madrid failed.

Valdano did not leave. He stayed to talk about the recent club affairs. He was concerned about Zhen Shaolong's condition, and then whispered, Hang on, refuse the Golden Globe Award, and don't agree to them. The club will support you!

Why?

Zhen Shaolong felt a bit conspiracy. He always felt that Valdano was not a good person.

Valdano smiled mysteriously, You'll know in a few days. Anyway, just keep saying no. Don't agree to anything they say! That will be good for you!

……All right!

Zhen Shaolong reluctantly agreed. He still couldn't think of the reason, but refusing was his original intention. It didn't matter whether there were any benefits.