Volume 6 Crimson Chapter 1 Cats
That crazy night is a thing of the past, but Tony. The craze that Donn has set off is far from subsided. Thanks to the live broadcast, Tony. The footage of Don dressed up as a king was seen all over the country, and both those who liked him and those who hated him were very surprised that he did this.
You must know that even an arrogant manager like Mourinho has not accepted tens of thousands of people in public so naturally. Clothed in the king's coat and crown, he almost held a scepter...... Look at his expression, as if it's all something he's supposed to enjoy.
England is still a traditional country after all, and some people have always looked down on the deviance in the football circle. Donn made it even more exaggerated.
Self-proclaimed king? Who did he think he was!
Some media began to bombard such an arrogant approach, and then more and more people joined the ranks of this criticism army - "Tony. Don simply announced that the reading power was over. β
"Just two European Cups and you want to be on the throne? It's so unproductive. β
"If a clown like him is a king, then what should Ferguson, Pasley, Shankly, and Busby be called? Oh, God? β
"Nottingham Forest collectively hit 'Tony. Donn virus'. Even if he is crazy alone, now the whole club, the whole Nottingham Forest fans are crazy with him, it's really incomprehensible. β
"Look at his spit-making face, he doesn't really think he's a king, does he? No kidding, just a clown in our eyes! β
"God, who will save this wrecked wretched creature of his brain!"
"Something must be wrong in this world......"
β»β»β» "It's so lively. "In the office building of the BBC, John . . . Mortenson held a large pile of newspapers and magazines to Tony. Don makes a greeting gift. He pointed to the headlines that scolded Don on the other side, and the smile on his face clearly read "Schadenfreude".
Don grinned: "A bunch of poor worms who have never seen the world......"
"Your column is silent, Tony. I don't think that's quite in line with your style. Mortenson tossed the newspaper aside and chatted with Donn.
Now that BBC-5 is preparing to go to Switzerland and Austria to cover the European Championships, the floor is busy, and Mortensen is now free, making fun of Donn's joke about the "King's Gate" that everyone has been hyping up lately.
"What do I have to say? It was supposed to be just an exaggerated way to express emotions, but this group of idiots took it seriously. β
"You'll be fine if you explain it clearly......"
"No way." Donn shook his head and said, "I'm not going to compromise with that bunch of idiot media." They want to listen to my soft words, but I don't say it, I'm in a hurry to kill them! β
Mortenson looked up at Donn's vivid expression and laughed.
After laughing, he wiped his tears and said, "You are really a news maker, you can go anywhere...... No, you're 'news' at all! β
"Can I interpret this as your compliment to me? John. Don blinked.
"You're so thick-skinned, Tony."
"Facing the cynicism of these media all day long, I really can't live with a thin skin." John. When Mortenson said this, Don was very happy, he was really thick-skinned...... Morteson nodded, agreeing with Donn's explanation. "But let's be honest...... When I first saw this king's plan, I was a little surprised. I thought to myself, if I was pushed to the front desk, dressed like this, facing the tide of scolding, it would be really a bit difficult to deal with......"
"I didn't think about it that much, everyone was happy at that time. It's too frustrating to think about it. β
"Hey, your last name...... It's so complicated. Morteson smiled and shook his head.
Downe felt it was too boring to talk to Mortenson about something that had already been hyped up by the media, and he asked, "Is there anything wrong with me?" β
"Here? Nope. Tomorrow I will fly to Basel, Switzerland, to cover the opening ceremony in four days. Mortenson told Donn about the plan.
Don nodded: "Then I'll go back to the hotel first." β
"Okay." Morteson dropped Donn to the elevator and suddenly remembered something. "Oh, yes. There's one thing I want to tell you, it's one of the most interesting. β
Donn made a gesture of listening.
"Carl. Spike, a reporter for The Telegraph. β
Don was somewhat familiar with the name, and seemed to be a veteran journalist who could often be seen in the newspapers. But what does this person have to do with himself?
"He decided to do a very rigorous social survey, in the form of questionnaires and street interviews, and also to interview a lot of well-known and unknown media people, critics, players in football circles, coaches and club presidents, a huge project. The title of the investigation was - "Looking at Donn, Mortenson laughed, "What do you say to Tony. What do you think of Donne...... Ha ha! β
He couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Don didn't laugh, he just shrugged: "Spending taxpayers' money just to figure out if I'm really popular?" β
"Spike thinks it's an interesting social phenomenon β a successful soccer coach has a bad reputation in the public media, and he doesn't get the recognition he has matched his achievements."
"He's crying out for me?"
"No, just curious why this is happening."
With a "ding", the elevator door opened in front of the two.
"Curiosity kills cats......" Donn muttered as he stepped into the elevator, while Mortenson waved to him outside, "Don't forget tomorrow's plane, you can go straight to the airport." β
"Can't forget, if I hadn't been killed by these curiosities tonight......"
"Hahahaha-"
β»β»β»When Don returned to the door of the hotel where he was temporarily staying, he was arrested by two media outlets.
"You've been waiting here all afternoon because you found out I live here?" Don asked, looking at the two people in front of him.
He came to London very low-key, and there was no need to go around and talk about where he lived. This can be approached by reporters, which is really ...... It's so nasty.
A man and a woman, belonging to two different media outlets, according to their self-introduction, they waited here all afternoon and wanted to ask Tony. Don asked a couple of questions, because they wanted to hear how Donn reacted to the recent media remarks.
Hell, I know where you've gotten in your afternoon here...... The two seem to be very close, but they don't belong to a media outlet but have such a performance, which makes Donn full of fantasies.
"Yes, we have a lot of questions, Tony. Mr. Donn ...... "The male reporter couldn't wait to ask, but Donn stopped him with a gesture.
"I have deep admiration for your dedication, but my time is also time, so I can't answer all your questions, Mr. Reporter." He stood in front of the elevator hall of the hotel, pressed the button, and waited for the elevator that was now on the eighteenth floor to come down. "See? I have time before I get to the first floor. He pointed to the monitor above the elevator and smiled.
Men and women looked at each other, a little embarrassed. Finally blocked Tony. Don, how can you not ask as many questions as you can, and talk as many words as possible?
"Pick the important question." Don thought of a solution for them. Some of the people who were still in the hall were already looking at it, and Don didn't want to stand here and be watched like a monkey.
This time the female reporter stood up, and she coughed: "What do you think about throwing the silver medal at the Grant award ceremony, Mr. Donne?" β
"That's his freedom, I don't care. The medal was given to him, he could do whatever he wanted, and no one was qualified to say anything to him. This time, Donn was on Grant's side.
"That ......" Donn's tone made the reporters feel very unfriendly, and they could only consider the wording, "for the 'King's Gate'......"
This is the media's abbreviation for King Donn's appearance in disguise. Just like his "strong annihilation door" at the beginning, Tang En felt that these reporters had not grown up in the past few years, and their names were still so unskilled. He knew what the reporters were going to ask, so he preemptively replied: "I don't have anything to say, it's my freedom to wear what I like to go to the celebration party, and no one else cares." I don't have to hold a press conference to explain just because I'm wearing something that very few people wear. Would you go around explaining to someone just because you wore a pair of hello_kitty panties today? Donn stared at the male reporter and asked, and the man couldn't help but glance his eyes down to him...... "Queen's lead singer Mercury did the same after the London concert, why didn't there be any uproar?" You're making a fuss and asking me what is going on...... How do I know what's going on? "Speaking of this, Don is angry.
Public figures are not like this, and they have to be talked about when they wear clothes...... Stay where it's cool!
"Ahh The female reporter caught a glimpse of the number above that had jumped to four, exclaimed, and hurriedly threw out another question. "Carl. Spike plans to do a survey on whether you are popular or not, and plans to publish the results in a book. He said that if it was published, he would send you a copy with his autograph. What do you think......"
The elevator door opened next to Donn, and the passengers inside were a little surprised to see two reporters with voice recorders and small notebooks in their hands. But when it came to finding out who was being interviewed, they all understood.
There's nothing to do with them here, and Tony. Don this guy together means trouble, so it's better to stay away...... One by one, they all hurried away.
Don had already stepped into the elevator on one leg, and he turned back to the two reporters and said with a straight face, "I feel very bored. β
With that, he dodged into the elevator, and the door closed between him and the reporter.
Staying in the empty elevator, Donn let out a sigh of relief. But he still didn't dare to relax completely, he knew that there were also surveillance cameras in the elevator, and now that he was a national celebrity, it was not ruled out that someone would use his private video in the elevator to make money. Real celebrities don't have the slightest space for themselves, and all the seats are under the surveillance of the media. It's so tiring to live like this...... He leaned limply against the wall, wanting to rest. But it only took a second for him to react again, leaving the wall and standing in the elevator with his back straightened. He didn't want anyone to see his powerless side, not even a second of respite.
Looking up at the camera on the ceiling of the elevator hall, surrounded by cold steel siding, Donn felt like a cat in a sealed cage. There is less and less oxygen, and maybe one day I will not die, but I will suffocate to death.
That's ridiculous...... Is the king of Nottingham Forest actually a suffocated cat? Don grinned at the camera.
When Donn flew to Switzerland the next day with Mortensen and other BBC-5 staff, his best partner for the Forest team, Don, had been there for almost a week.
For this European Championship, Nottingham Forest sent all the scouts, half of whom were responsible for tracking the performance of Forest's current players in the national team, ensuring that they were in shape for the preparation of the new season. The other half look at non-Forest players who have the potential to excel, young and young.
The people in charge of all of this are Don and Chris Rac. Don leads the group of scouts who are watching the new players, while Chris Lak leads the team that follows the Forest's players. The two have a clear division of labor, and in the end, they will summarize and sort out all the information and hand it to Tony. Donn, it's up to him to decide who can buy it and who will continue to investigate...... After the European Championships, these scouts will not be able to rest, and they will go to China to continue to look at the Olympic Games and discover younger and more promising talents, this time mainly targeting countries outside Europe.
When the information of all the players comes out, it will be stored in the world player pool specially made by SI for the Forest team, and it can be easily recalled when needed. Donn's ambition is to slowly collect young talent from all over the world from now on, so that in five, ten, fifteen, twenty years, Nottingham Forest will have the capital to establish themselves in this cruel world: good descendants with a certain loyalty to the team. In this way, the splendor of Nottingham Forest will never be a meteor for two seasons, nor a comet that will shine once in decades, but a star like the sun - forever there, forever shining for five billion years.
For everyone at Nottingham Forest, busyness will be the only theme this summer, and everyone is busy.
For the first time since they met Shania, Don and Shania didn't have a vacation together. Shania was busy filming, studying, and walking the catwalk. As for Donn, busy commentating on the European Championship for the BBC and leading the team to the Asian tour, by the time they have a chance to catch their breath and miss each other, it may already be next year......
(To be continued)