After the program between Sky Sports and the BBC was broadcast, the public opinion began to surge. Some supported Zhang Kuang, while others criticized Zhang Kuang. Some even said that Zhang Kuang blasphemed God. In short, there was a mixture of criticism and great differences.
This is a good thing for Zhang Kuang. He also specifically told his agent Jonathan: Pay attention to control the balance of praise and blame. If there are too many praises, the company will ask trolls to send some critical comments. If there are too many criticisms, send more praising comments.
In short, the more fierce the fight between the two sides, the higher his reputation. Now he has put all the judges of Ballon d'Or's voting on the fire.
If they don't vote based on who has the best information and who wins, then it's true what Zhang Kuang said, 'The judges won't let China win the award.' If they vote based on the quality of the information, wouldn't Zhang Kuang win?
Therefore, Zhang Kuang is forcing the Ballon d'Or judge. Of course, many people can see it, but they are having trouble saying it because Zhang Kuang is a conspiracy and cannot be refuted.
"This is Chinese Zhang's provocation. He means that it would be unfair if Ballon d'Or is awarded to Messi? Why does he say that? Ballon d'Or does not just look at the data, but also the contribution, public opinion, and meaning.
Messi's contribution to football is obvious to all. Messi's public opinion is the highest in the world. The significance of awarding Ballon d'Or to Messi will forever be remembered in history."
"I'll throw it, come on, come on, come on, let's talk about the specific contribution. Did he promote the creation of records in UEFA Champions League? Did he create a new benchmark in the league? Did he set a new example in the development of football?
Besides, what is public opinion? Whose public opinion does it come from? If all China or Asia people are allowed to vote, where do you think the public opinion is? What is the lofty significance of it? Come on, list them one by one!"
"Haha, you're laughing so hard. If you can't compare with the information, why are you talking about nonsense? Zhang Kuang This is not forcing the palace, let alone motivating generals. Because if he pushes the award to a fairer position, wouldn't it be those who are truly capable who will benefit? Zhang Kuang is not the only one who will benefit."
"As you said, everything is based on data, so why vote? There is no need to vote. At the end of the year, the data will be listed directly. Whoever has the best data will be Ballon d'Or. So, may I ask, why does Ballon d'Or need to vote? It means that Ballon d'Or not only looks at the data, but also depends on public opinion!"
"The public opinion you are talking about is control, right? People in power are always like this. They say they want to judge the best, but at the same time pretend to use public opinion to vote, and finally secretly manipulate the winners. In the end, it is not they who have the final say who wins? What a hypocritical way."
"You say this is hypocritical? Then you mean that democratic elections are also hypocritical? This is the embodiment of democracy, this is the embodiment of modern civilization."
"Fuck you, modern civilization, it's just a football award, and it involves democratic elections. Don't sports competitions depend on real data? You have to involve the electoral system, and I'm going to argue with you today..."
"Oh, Zhang Kuang this China person bullies honest people. He described himself in the media as being bullied by Messi fans and being bullied by The honest person Ballon d'Or judge resisted, he pushed Messi to the position of a villain that everyone hates. Messi is an honest person and doesn't like to show up in public, so why should we just let him push us around like this?"
"That's right, Messi doesn't have many people to be honest, so we just let Zhang Kuang step on us."
"Also, I think Zhang Kuang is slandering God. When he answered Alain·Hansson about religious belief, he actually used the metaphor of India people grabbing food with their hands. This is blasphemy against God. We must resist this devil who does not believe in God."
"Yes, anyone who doesn't believe in God is a devil. We must resist this devil..."
"..."
Jonathan came to Manchester and found Zhang Kuang to chat.
He pointed at the comments made by netizens on the computer and frowned. "Zhang, this is not good. Some people call you a 'devil who doesn't believe in God'. Should we..."
Zhang Kuang waved his hand. "No, I'm not afraid of someone viciously slandering me, but I'm afraid of someone not slandering me in this way.
Jonathan, Public opinion in the Internet era is different from public opinion in the past. In the past, it was gentleman public opinion, because everyone argued and publicized in newspapers, and everyone had a bottom line and would not speak harshly to each other.
However, public opinion on the Internet is anonymous, and a group of people with different cultural qualities speak freely, so there will definitely be more and more vicious and extreme language.
So don't worry about some vicious attacks in the public opinion. This kind of thing has its advantages and disadvantages. When it is necessary to deflect my mistakes, we can release these remarks to gain sympathy and let everyone see how viciously I have been attacked by certain people over the years. That will give me more sympathy points.
In addition, the more vicious it is, the more people are thinking about blackmailing me all day long. The more they want to blackmail me, they have to scold me online every day. Every time they scold me, they are contributing to my popularity. This is a good thing, Jonathan."
Jonathan:"..."
To be honest, Jonathan was confused. How could public opinion be so playful? There seemed to be nothing wrong with that. So, when he looked at Zhang Kuang, his whole expression changed, and Zhang Kuang became unfathomable in his eyes.
In fact, Zhang Kuang has long been accustomed to this technique.
In 2027, a certain grain brand will be like this. When they have a scandal, they will pull out a bunch of black materials from others to smear them, saying how difficult it is for them and how difficult it is to develop. Look at how they grew up under the smear of their competitors...
When they get something good, they are the progressive men who want to kill their friends and businessmen!
Zhang Kuang: "Okay, let's not talk about public opinion. Didn't you say there are other things?"
Jonathan: "Zhang, Abu of Chelsea called me personally. He said that as long as you go to Chelsea next season, the conditions are whatever you want, and he can give you the highest salary in the world, surpassing Messi."
Zhang Kuang smiled, "I'm afraid Abu is not the only one contacting you? Who else?"
Jonathan: "You know who else I don't want to tell you. The one with the best conditions is Manchester City, whose wealthy boss said he will give you an annual salary of 50 million pounds and 100% of the image rights will be yours."
Zhang Kuang: "Hey, damn it, I'm so excited, what should I do?"
Jonathan smiled bitterly, "I am also very moved, because he also said that as long as I persuade you to join Manchester City, he will give me 10 million hard-earned fees. Zhang, 10 million, you know, I need this money very much. So, can I convince you?"
Zhang Kuang: "Damn it Jonathan, you might as well be so honest with me, now I won't even have a reason to kick you out."
Jonathan was stunned for a moment, then wiped away the sweat!
"You want to kick me out?"
"If you collected the benefits without telling me, I would definitely kick you out. If you didn't hide it from me, then I have no reason. After all, we cooperate so happily."
Jonathan: "... Then, what do you choose? Continue to stay at Manchester United?"
Zhang Kuang knocked on the table and took a sip of tea.
"Jonathan, have you ever seen a football champion who changes teams every year? If he changes teams every year, he either has a bad personality and can't get along with the original team, or he has a big appetite and will change his family when he sees a small profit. To use a word from our China, he is called a 'house slave with three surnames'.
Of course, I'm not someone who insists on sticking to one team or being a loyal person, but I don't want to be said to be someone who is greedy for money and forgets about profits.
Let's talk to Manchester United about the new contract first. A salary increase is necessary, and the requirements don't need to be too high. Just follow our previous contract with Manchester United and match my worth. By the way, what is my worth now Transfermarkt?"
Jonathan: "No. 1 in the world, 120 million euros, 20 million euros higher than Messi."
Zhang Kuang nodded with satisfaction, "That's good, you can talk about the rest. If you reach an agreement with Manchester United, just tell those wealthy clubs that 'Zhang Kuang is only 20 years old now, and there will be many opportunities to cooperate in the future'."
Jonathan: "Ha, you are right, you are less than 20 years old. Well, let's talk about your commercial endorsement next..."
Zhang Kuang waved his hand. "To be honest, I'm not very interested in endorsements right now. There should be no more than five endorsements. Just pick the five with the highest bids. Just try to be from the China brand."
Jonathan: "You should contact some big brands, they will at least give you some help on Ballon d'Or."
Zhang Kuang said, "I don't care. If I score sixty or seventy goals in the league in one season, it is twice as many as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. UEFA Champions League scores twenty or thirty goals, which is twice as many as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. As a result, if Ballon d'Or doesn't award me the award, do you think it is an embarrassment to me?"
Jonathan: "... Zhang, your method won't work. What if they arrange a punishment for you in the second half of this year? That punishment can just eliminate you from the selection range of Ballon d'Or. What should you do?"
Zhang Kuang was surprised for a moment. "Can they do this every year?"
Jonathan: "Why not? Zhang, you underestimate the appearance of those people. In order to achieve some goals, they will change the rules, even shamelessly."
Zhang Kuang:"..."
Indeed, this was something Zhang Kuang didn't expect. He thought about it, this group of people was really like this.
Zhang Kuang: "Then forget it, let's be the uncrowned king, the king of the ball without Ballon d'Or."
Jonathan:"..."
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In the 37th round, Manchester United challenged Blackburn away from home.
Ferguson put Zhang Kuang into the squad, but did not let him start or come on as a substitute.
Manchester United played quite well throughout the game. Rooney created a penalty kick in the 20th minute and took the penalty himself, but Blackburn equalized the score in the 68th minute of the second half.
It ended at 1:1.
Zhang Kuang sat on the bench and watched the whole game wrapped in a down jacket.
In fact, this is not that Ferguson deliberately did not let Zhang Kuang play, but that he asked Zhang Kuang for his opinion. Zhang Kuang is a very lazy person. He has scored 64 goals in a season, so what is the use of updating the data? Is it possible that he is still afraid of who will overtake him?
Since there is no point in updating data, let alone playing to protect the championship, then why is he still playing? Isn't it nice to sit off the court and watch the game?
After the game, he sent a message to Twitter: "I was a VIP spectator today, and the view is quite good."
Attached is a photo of the stadium from the bench's perspective.
Comment area:
"Can you sit still??"
"Sir Alex is protecting you, is he afraid that you will get hurt?"
"There's only one round left and it's over, have a good rest!"
"Indeed, it doesn't make much sense for you to play now. There is also the risk of injury and fatigue."
"Without your performance, it feels like the whole game is without passion. Zhang, you've whetted everyone's appetite."
"You'd better go out there and have some fun."
"..."
In the 38th round, Manchester United faced Blackpool at home, the final game of the season.
Theatre of Dreams was packed with people, and the fans held up various banners to celebrate Premier League's championship and look forward to the perfect ending of the season.
Zhang Kuang still didn't make the starting lineup, sitting on the bench.
But this time Ferguson asked him to go up and move around for ten minutes around the 80th minute.
Although Zhang Kuang did not score in those ten minutes, he made two threatening passes, one of which found Hernández through a precise pass. Unfortunately, Mexico's shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
In the end, Manchester United defeated Blackpool 4-2 at home. Hernández scored twice, and Giggs and Owen, who came off the bench, each scored one goal.
Veteran Owen's goal was the last league goal he scored for Manchester United, and all the fans stood up and applauded.
After the final whistle, the Manchester United team circled the field to thank the fans.
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The league is over, so everyone is relaxed. After the game, as long as the media is willing to interview, everyone will say a few words.
Most people are grateful for the team's unity this season, their teammates, coaches and fans.
There are also some players who are determined to leave the team and "shed tears", such as Van der Sar, who really has feelings, Manchester United, the old goalkeeper.
Similarly, Zhang Kuang was also interviewed.
The reporter asked him about his summary of this season, his evaluation of the team's and his own performance, his thoughts and goals for next season, and whether he has any transfer plans, etc.
These are commonplace topics, and Zhang Kuang can deal with them easily.
At the post-match press conference, Ferguson also summarized Manchester United's season:
"This is the easiest season since I coached Manchester United. This season Manchester United performed very well in the Premier League league. It can be said that we have a new and stable offensive and defensive tactics. This set of tactics can still work in Premier League, and the performance in UEFA Champions League is also good.
Especially this season after Zhang Kuang joined Manchester United, we were directly on a level with other Premier League teams. This is what I think was the most successful thing I did last year..."
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Premier League ends. The last highlight of this season is the UEFA Champions League finals on May 28. Before UEFA Champions League, CCTV-5's "Soccer World" special program was broadcast in two episodes.
After the two episodes were broadcast, the hot search on the Internet has been Zhang Kuang, which has made some celebrities anxious.
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The comment area was even more lively:
"After reading Zhang Kuang's exclusive interview, I found that I like Zhang Kuang more and more. He is unpretentious, very sincere, and says whatever he wants. He is also a very down-to-earth child. It is not easy for a person to take care of himself outside and to achieve such great achievements alone in the face of all kinds of open and secret attacks outside."
"Zhang Kuang's criticism of China football is so correct. We just lag behind in basic training, which results in players not being good enough. Then some people, in order to make excuses for poor performance, insist on saying it's because of their race. These people are too bad."
"Isn't it a matter of race? Yellow people are inherently inferior to white people."
"Then tell me why Zhang Kuang is okay? He is not China? He is not a yellow race?"
"Zhang Kuang is just a few special cases. We cannot use special cases to summarize the whole picture."
"Zhang Kuang has demonstrated it himself, and you are still stubborn. People like you are either stupid or bad."
"Zhang Kuang's ability does not mean that others can do it. What seems easy to him may not be possible for others in their lifetime. He just finds an excuse to take revenge and suppress the country."
"Yeah, I can't explain it to people like you. You are the kind of 'anti-intellectual people' that Zhang Kuang said. You have to be stubborn. If there are a few Zhang Kuang-like players in the future, we will see if you are still stubborn!"
"Messi is so good, why does Zhang Kuang want to go against him? I quite like Zhang Kuang, but seeing him push Messi makes me sick."
"I'm sorry, it was the fans of Messi who attacked Zhang Kuang first, but you spoke for the people who attacked Zhang Kuang. Can't people like you not be able to see right from wrong? Are you anti-intellectual?"
"Fans are fans, Messi is Messi, Zhang Kuang should respect Messi, Messi is his senior, people have Achievements, are there Ballon d'Or, Zhang Kuang and Ballon d'Or? People like this who don't even have the most basic respect are talking about football superstars? Rubbish Zhang Kuang!"
"Oh my god, I finally saw what anti-intellectual people are. Really, they are hopeless."
"Bah, Zhang Kuang can't compare to Messi, so just slap the hat on the fans of Messi. It's disgusting!"
"..."
"Zhang Kuang really dares to speak and doesn't hide it at all."
"He said that Ballon d'Or would not give it to China people. I really can't believe he dared to say that."
"..."
Domestic media and famous reporters also expressed their opinions on Zhang Kuang's exclusive interview. Many football-related media criticized Zhang Kuang, saying that he was dictating China national football team's training after learning half a bucket of water overseas, which was disruptive to the public eye.
However, the non-football media are full of praise for Zhang Kuang, praising Zhang Kuang for being real and daring to point out the essence of the problem. China Football needs to look squarely at the gap.
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Looking back at Europe, after the leagues in various countries ended, the media took a short breath, and then immediately entered the warm-up mode for the UEFA Champions League finals.
All kinds of messages are flying all over the sky.
First up are the transfer rumors.
The headline on the front page of "Marca": "Real Madrid's top target for next season: Zhang Kuang! Florentino is ready to offer 100 million euros."
"Sport" followed up. "Barcelona is also interested in Zhang Kuang, but the Financial Fair Play Act restricts them."
"The Sun" said, "Manchester City is willing to pay 120 million pounds to Zhang Kuang, plus an annual salary of 50 million pounds."
These messages have frightened Manchester United fans, and there are daily discussions in major forums on whether Zhang Kuang will leave.
Some people comforted themselves by retrieving what Zhang Kuang said in a previous interview, "I am very happy at Manchester United." Others said pessimistically, "Manchester United cannot retain superstars. Isn't Cristiano Ronaldo an example?"
Zhang Kuang himself did not respond to any transfer rumors. He only posted a photo of Wembley Stadium on Twitter with three words: 'Ready.'
Below are the emojis for the Manchester United team logo and the UEFA Champions League trophy.
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