Chapter 209 Shortlisted for Golden Boy Award and Golden Globe Award (Transition Chapter)

After the game, Lin Quan received a text message from Lily Collins, and then he learned that she had arrived at Stamford Bridge.

Lin Quan had already boarded the bus back to Manchester and had no time to meet her.

The two had no choice but to chat on their mobile phones.

"How is it? How does it feel to watch the game live?"

“It’s not bad, but it’s too far away from the stadium and I can’t see clearly!”

Lily Collins sent a snickering emoji.

"If the stand is too high, you can bring a telescope. I see many people doing this!"

When Lin Quan was in Catalonia before, he often went to watch football matches, and he went to Camp Nou the most.

Camp Nou is huge and can accommodate up to 100,000 fans.

Sitting in the highest stand of Camp Nou, far away from the stadium, people with bad eyesight can really not see the players on the pitch clearly.

At this time, you can either watch the game on the big screen, or bring your own telescope and watch the game through the telescope.

To be honest, this experience may not be better than lying comfortably on the sofa at home and watching football.

But when you go to watch the game live, you can feel the warm atmosphere of tens of thousands of fans on the stadium, which is something you can't feel on live TV.

The fact that Lily Collins can come to watch the game means that she has gradually begun to fall in love with the sport of football.

this is a good news!

"By the way, how's your movie going?"

It's been half a month since the movie was released, and the box office results should be out.

"It's been a very, very, very, very, very, very, very poor performance. According to the producers and distributors, this movie is expected to lose more than 90 million US dollars!"

Considering that this is the first movie she has starred in, a box office failure will have a great impact on her acting career.

Lin Quan sent a message to comfort him: "Okay, just touch your head and stop crying!"

"This way of comforting people is very perfunctory!"

"Then I'll treat you to a game on the weekend and treat you to a big meal. Is that okay?"

"Really?"

"certainly!"

…

After returning to Manchester, Pellegrini gave the players two days off.

After three away games, Manchester City's devilish schedule finally came to an end.

In the next period of time, their schedule will not be so intensive, and the main players who were absent from the game due to colds will gradually return to the team.

In the next game against Norwich, Manchester City can field its strongest lineup.

After the game between Manchester City and Chelsea, when the discussion about Lin Quan's goal was still very intense.

On October 27, Turin Sports News struck while the iron was hot and took advantage of this wave of popularity to announce the list of 40 people selected for this year's Golden Boy Award.

Among these forty people, more than half are Serie A players.

As expected of an Italian newspaper, Tuttosport takes good care of its own league.

However, most of these Serie A players are just sidekicks, and there are very few of them who can stand out.

The favorites for this year's Golden Boy Award are mainly Lin Quan who plays for Manchester City, Pogba who plays for Juventus, and Drakles of Schalke 04.

Interestingly, with his outstanding performance at Everton, Lukaku, the king of pestilence, was also selected for this list, and his ranking was not low, ranking in the top five.

In this round of the Premier League, Lukaku scored again. Since he joined Everton, he has completed the feat of five goals in five games in the Premier League alone.

This scoring efficiency surpasses a large number of top shooters.

Of course, like everyone else, Lukaku was selected to accompany Lin Quan.

Unlike previous years, this year's Golden Boy Awards can be said to be the least suspenseful one.

Among the forty selected players, Lin Quan, ranked first, leads all opponents by leaps and bounds.

It can be said that although the award has not yet been awarded, the outside world has already assumed that this award will be won by Lin Quan.

It's not news that he won the Golden Boy Award. It would be news if he didn't win the Golden Boy Award.

Because Lin Quan's probability of winning was too high, the betting companies had closed the market and stopped betting.

Compared to the no-suspense Golden Boy Award, this year's Golden Globe Awards are even more anticipated.

Compared with previous years, when two top players alternately received awards, this year, with his outstanding performance in the Champions League, Bayern Munich's frontcourt core Franck Ribery is likely to break this monopoly and win from the hands of Melo and Melo. Steal a Golden Globe trophy.

On October 29, less than two days after the Golden Boy Awards announced the list of 40 nominees, FIFA and "France Football" magazine also announced the 23 nominees for the 2013 World's Best Male Athletes (FIFA Golden Globe Awards). Shortlist of people.

Unlike most of the players on the Golden Boy Award list who are unknown, the 23 players nominated for the Golden Globe Award are all well-known figures in football, and can even be said to be the best players on the planet!

As the defending champion of the Champions League, Bayern has become the biggest favorite. They have a total of 6 players selected in this list.

Although Barcelona failed to reach the finals, they also had 4 people selected due to their excellent historical record, status as La Liga champions and outstanding performance of the national team.

After the Ligue 1 tycoon Paris Saint-Germain went on a recruiting spree, three stars in the team were selected.

As the second-generation Galacticos, Real Madrid lost the league championship and had a poor record in the Champions League, so two people were selected.

One of them is the new aid Bell they bought for 100 million pounds this summer.

In addition, there is one player each from Monaco, Chelsea, Dortmund, Arsenal, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City.

After FIFA announced the shortlist for this year's Ballon d'Or, the focus of the outside world quickly shifted from the Golden Boy Award to the Ballon d'Or.

"Ribery has a great chance!"

"Haha, I don't think so. Ribery only scored 3 goals in the Champions League. Not only did he score less than half of Cristiano Ronaldo, his team also lost to Manchester City and ranked second in the group. Why should he win the Ballon d'Or? ?”

"After all, Franck Ribery has the Champions League trophy. He has a huge advantage over both of them in terms of honors. Why can't he win the award?"

"The Champions League championship is useless. If it is really so important, then why didn't Chelsea win the Ballon d'Or last season?"

Fans of the two people who are rumored to have the highest probability of winning started arguing on the Internet.

Those who support Ribery believe that the scarred man deserves the title, while those who support Ronaldo believe that Ribery is not worthy of the title.

Just as where there are Messi fans, there will definitely be Ronaldo fans. When Ronaldo fans and Ribery fans started arguing, Messi fans who came after hearing the inquiry also raised questions:

"After all, Messi has a league championship, and Ronaldo has nothing. Why can Ronaldo be ranked ahead of Messi?"

"That's right, in the Spanish El Clasico that just ended, Messi led his team to defeat Ronaldo's Real Madrid again. This is enough to prove that Messi is better than Ronaldo!"

"Haha, is it so difficult to admit that Ronaldo is very strong? He scored 7 goals in three Champions League games. How many goals did your dwarf score?"

"Trivia, Messi only played 2 games in the Champions League, but scored 4 goals. His scoring efficiency is no worse than Ronaldo, and Messi also completed two hat tricks in the league!"

"Messi has suffered more injuries this year. If his attendance rate is higher, he may not score fewer goals in the Champions League than Ronaldo!"

"Haha, then you have the ability to prevent Messi from being injured and absent. Why is it that your Messi is injured more often than Ronaldo?"

Seeing the rebuttal of Messi fans, Ronaldo fans were dismissive.

Fewer injuries are also a reflection of strength and luck.

Players with better physical fitness and better at protecting themselves can effectively reduce the number of injuries, so as to obtain higher attendance rates and complete more shots and goals.

"Haha, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are not the same type of players at all. Messi's dribbling rate is the highest in La Liga. He has more breakthroughs and dribbles. He is a greater threat on the court, so he is violated more. Isn't this right? Is it normal?”

"One thing is that Messi is a forward player with the ball. The ball stays at his feet longer and he does get fouled more often than a striker winger like Ronaldo."

"Okay, even if what you said makes sense, what about Lin? Lin is the same type of player as Messi, right? And he plays in the Premier League, where physical confrontation is more intense and there are more fouls. Why is Lin not injured? Illness problem?”

This sentence silenced Messi's fans. They couldn't figure out why Lin Quan was injured so few times and his attendance rate was so high.

Compared with several popular players, although Lin Quan was also selected for the 23-man roster for the Golden Globe Award, the outside world is not optimistic about him.

He ranks fifth in the order of awards, below Ribery, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Iniesta.

This ranking is basically just for running around, and the probability of winning is probably less than 10%.

Regarding this result, Lin Quan's fans expressed their calmness.

"Don't be hasty, don't be hasty. Lin is still young. He will win the Golden Boy Award this year. After winning the Champions League and World Cup next year, he will then compete for the Golden Ball Award with the two unparalleled talents."

"Brother, you are so optimistic. Whether it is the Champions League or the World Cup, it is not that easy!"

"The World Cup may be a little simpler. The Spanish national team is very strong, but the Champions League is..."

"There is hope for the Champions League, right? After all, they have defeated the defending champion Bayern!"

"Although Manchester City defeated Bayern Munich, the gap between their hard power and Bayern is still very obvious. As for Guardiola's Bayern, I feel that they are not as strong as Heynckes last year and lack a championship temperament."

"When you say that, I feel the same way. Why is that?"

"Guardiola and Heynckes have different styles, right? Bayern is full of blood and perseverance under Heynckes, and can beat opponents to death with its impact. But under Guardiola, the team does not seem to have that Such dominance!"

"Maybe the time is still short. After all, Guardiola has only been here for less than half a year. Give him a little more time and see before we talk!"

…

Lin Quan has no ambitions for this year's Golden Globe Award. He knows that he has no hope.

So he was already very happy to be among the top five.

As for the Golden Boy Award, this thing has basically been determined to be in his bag as early as the beginning of the season, so there are no surprises at all.

However, being able to win the Golden Boy Award will be of great help to his own popularity and commercial value.

No, after the Turin Sports News announced the selection list, more and more sponsors came to look for Lin Quan to cooperate.

This time it was a well-known domestic mobile phone company that found Lin Quan.

This company has made rapid progress in the international market in recent years, and its market share in Europe has been increasing.

In order to enter the high-end market and challenge the leading position of Apple and Samsung, they launched a high-end mobile phone.

In order to do a good job in promoting this mobile phone, they specially found Lin Quan and wanted to use his influence in Europe to help them promote it.

Originally they were looking for a star from the Bundesliga, but compared to Lin Quan, the star who only played in the Bundesliga and whose influence was limited to Germany and Poland, was obviously not as good as Lin Quan.

Lin Quan has tried the products provided by the other party, and the quality is indeed good. In addition, the other party also provides a lot, so he has no reason to refuse such cooperation.

In order not to affect Lin Quan's daily training and competition, the other party specially brought a photography team over from China to complete the live shooting here in Manchester.

"Hello Lin Quan, I'm Guo Fan, nice to meet you, I'm your fan!"

The director in charge of the filming is a Shandong man in his thirties and 1.8 meters tall.

Lin Quan was stunned for a moment after seeing him. Isn't this guy the director Guo who later made the pinnacle of domestic science fiction films? Why did you come here to shoot an advertisement?

Lin Quan shook hands with him enthusiastically: "Hello, Director Guo, I am your fan, and I will follow your instructions in my work today."

Guo Fan was originally worried that the opponent would be difficult to deal with because he was a big-name star. Unexpectedly, he was so approachable, and most of his worries were relieved immediately.

But what does it mean when the other party says he is his movie fan?

Has he ever watched The Adventures of Li Xianji, which he directed?

But this movie is very unpopular and has a bad reputation!

After thinking about it, he could only think that these were polite words from the other party, so he said with a smile:

"Haha, you are too polite. Let me tell you about today's work schedule."

…

Under the command of Guo Fan, the group completed filming on the seaside road in Manchester, as well as the training base in Carrington and the Etihad Stadium.

On the beach in Manchester, Lin Quan was jogging along the seaside road with his mobile phone in his pocket and headphones on. The camera started from the slightly exposed mobile phone logo in his pocket and extended into the distance, implying that they were on the road.

At the Carrington training base, with the help of the sports function of the mobile phone, Lin Quan tied the mobile phone to his right upper arm during training to monitor the athletes' various physical indicators in a timely manner, demonstrating its practicality.

At the Etihad Stadium, it was a shot of sharing the joy with family and friends on a mobile phone after a victory.

The shooting process went very smoothly, and it only took less than half a day to complete the shooting.

This makes Guo Fan and his team very satisfied!

"Lin Quan, you are so awesome. I didn't expect that you are not only good at playing football, but you are also so good at acting. I think you can even debut as an actor!"

After the filming, Guo Fan gave Lin Quan a thumbs up and praised him.

Lin Quan didn't care about what Saibo Daji said. If he really believed this guy's words, he would be fooled!

Besides, professional players basically don’t have time to make any movies.

But it's always right to have a good relationship with this guy. After all, the movies he shoots are all big hits, and they are guaranteed to make money without losing money.

There may be opportunities for the two of them to collaborate in the future.

After shooting all the shots, it was already past six o'clock in the evening.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Lin Quan was about to return to his residence when he saw some staff taking out instant noodles and preparing for dinner.

Considering that they were unfamiliar with the place, Lin Quan thought for a moment and said:

"We are all guests from afar, why don't I serve as a host and treat you all to a meal?"

"Oh, why are you so embarrassed? Why are you guys still standing there? Why don't you thank Mr. Lin quickly!"

Guo Fan said he was sorry and immediately asked someone to pack his things, for fear that Lin Quan would change his mind.

The corner of Lin Quan's mouth twitched. He only gave him the wrong name, not the wrong nickname.

The title of alms master is really correct!

PS: There was a low-level mistake in the last chapter. When I wrote the title, it was 5 million, but the content was not checked. It was 3.5 million as written before. The main reason was that when I checked the information, I found that Messi only had 420,000 followers, which surprised me. Then I took a look and found that Messi did not open Twitter at that time.

In 2013, the highest number in football was Cristiano Ronaldo's 22 million fans, and Neymar, who was good at packaging himself, also had 14 million fans.

Therefore, the protagonist’s figure of 5 million is not too high, so he adopted this figure.