Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 98: Tonight’s Star (Second, monthly pass!)

Aurelio de Laurentiz followed the lights and stepped onto the temporary rostrum.

Whenever de Laurentiis appeared in front of everyone, he was always well-dressed, his hair was meticulously combed, and he was a person who paid great attention to his own image.

He walked to the microphone and scanned the audience with a smile, full of aura.

"I am very glad to be able to participate in this dinner. On behalf of the Naples club, I thank you for your contributions in the past year." This opening remark was very ordinary.

"This year may be the year we have the best momentum of development, but I hope that next year we can have even better results. I know this requires all of us to work together..." De Laurentiis, who is known for his big mouth, finally didn't hold it back. "Next, let's talk about current affairs. After the first qualifying group, I said that I will always enjoy this wonderful feeling until the result of the draw. It does not mean that after the result of the draw, I will not continue to enjoy it. Actually...I am very happy with the result of this draw."

"I think I can start looking forward to two very exciting games, you say..." He raised his hands and shouted, "Isn't it?"

"That's right—"

"Yes, boss!"

"Oh oh oh oh -"

The players roared and howled.

But what makes them roar more happily is yet to come.

De Laurentiis waited for the shouts to fade, and continued: "Every player receives a gift from me and the club in a while. It is a piece of parchment, and the number on the parchment is the number of the team rushing into the Champions League round of 16 The bonus amount will be credited during the Christmas holidays."

Sure enough, the cheers were louder. What are professional players, professional players, so desperate and dedicated on the court? Money is their biggest motivation...

De Laurentiis did not spit on stage and talk for an hour like the Chinese leaders.

His speech was very brief and also aroused the atmosphere.

He stepped down amidst the cheers of the players.

Then it was Mazzari's turn to step onto the stage.

What he brought was an award ceremony.

The "2009 favorite Naples player of the year" voted by the Naples fans, the player who wins this award can get an exquisite trophy.

The final winner was the team's core midfielder, Hamsik, who received up to 62% of the votes.

Although Chen Yingxiong was the team’s top scorer last season and the league’s top scorer, he scored a total of 36 goals in various official competitions throughout 2009, but he is not the best scorer in the minds of fans. Popular player, his vote rate is only a poor 8.9%.

But this is also normal. The player who can score the most goals in a team may not be the player that is most popular and liked by fans. Just as the captain of a team may not necessarily be the team's oldest star, the leader of a team's locker room may not necessarily be the captain of the team.

Hamsik took the stage to accept the award amidst the applause and whistle of his teammates, and then gave a brief thank you speech. In fact, everyone has known this result a long time ago, and it is not surprising at all. Hamsik has won this award for two consecutive years.

"I am very grateful for being able to play in Naples and be able to fight side by side with so many excellent teammates. I hope we can celebrate Christmas together at this time next year... Brothers, I love you!" In the end, he held high. Shouting arm.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-" There was a roaring whistle and cheers from the audience.

Chen Yingxiong put his hands together in his mouth, booing hard.

He doesn't have any jealousy. Hamsik has a high popularity and status in public with Naples fans. This is a fact everyone knows. Hamsik is well-deserved as the most popular player among Naples fans.

At the same time, his low vote rate also made him aware of how difficult the task of "Conquering Napoli" is.

However, people always have to look at the positive side. At least now in this city, there are 8.9% of the fans support him like other places.

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After Hamsik came down, Mazari announced that the banquet had officially begun, and everyone could finally sit down and enjoy the gourmet meal.

Because it was a family banquet, everyone was sitting with their female companions.

Christine Cabrera sat beside Chen Yingxiong, looking very quiet. She didn't chat with other female companions, nor did she flirt with other men like a socialite.

Although she changed her outfit, she was still like a bodyguard, keeping quiet and vigilant.

This makes her look very special among all the women, always attracting the attention of other men. Even if there are girlfriends and wives around, some men can't help but cast a curious look at this mysterious woman.

For example, Cassano...because he was fascinated by the look, he was left out by his girlfriend Carolina, and ignored him no matter how he spoke, making Cassano embarrassed and helpless.

But he was embarrassed and helpless, and Chen Yingxiong laughed very happily-let your kid laugh at me before, now it's my turn to watch your jokes! a ha ha ha!

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Halfway through the dinner, it ushered in a climax.

Marjorie jumped onto the stage, turned on the microphone, and knocked. There was a harsh metal scream in the banquet hall, causing the people who were dining and chatting to turn their heads and glared at Marjorie.

Marjorie hurriedly piled up smiling faces: "I'm sorry to disturb you. Now we have a show where every man and beautiful woman will receive a vote afterwards. Please write on it what you think is the most eye-catching banquet this time. The star! Men can only choose women, and women can only choose men. If you don’t know the name, you can just write "Who's partner"" This is also for the convenience of everyone, and not everyone knows the name of the teammate’s female partner. of. "The men and women with the most votes will be invited to the stage. They must satisfy everyone's wish and win a mysterious prize! So, ladies and gentlemen! Bravely write the person you think is the best on the ballot! Don't worry about your partner's murderous eyes!"

The people present burst into laughter.

"Of course, if you really have concerns, you can take care to cover your votes. Please rest assured, we are voting anonymously, and there is absolutely no need to worry about retaliation when you go home!"

Everyone laughed again.

"Can you choose your own girlfriend!" Cassano raised his hand, taking the opportunity to please his girlfriend Carolina, who had been in a cold war with him since just now. "She is the most beautiful in my heart!"

Carolina, who was sitting next to her, finally showed a smile on her face that had been cold, obviously very happy for Cassano's sweet words.

"Of course, Antonio. We all know it!" Maggio blinked at him on stage. Many people have seen the scene where Cassano made his girlfriend angry just because he peeked at Cabrera.

In the laughter of the crowd, the staff of the restaurant began to hand out ballots to the players, staff and their female companions from table to table. It was just a blank sheet of paper.

Everyone has to write down the celebrities they think are the most brilliant at today's banquet, men choose women, and women choose men.

This can be regarded as a fun show. After all, just eating and chatting is so boring, you have to play interactive games to make it interesting.

After some people got their votes, they got up from their seats and looked around, looking for the celebrities they thought were the most dazzling.

Others apparently already had the answer, and leaned over to write as soon as they got the vote.

There are scenes of joking and playing, needless to say.

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When Chen Yingxiong got the votes, Cabrera also got it. She asked Chen Yingxiong, "Whose name shall I fill in?"

She turned her head and shocked Chen Yingxiong next to him. He quickly blocked his vote with his arm—he thought Cabrera wanted to peek at whose name he wrote.

"How do I know whose name you want to fill in?" Chen Yingxiong felt that Cabrera's question was too strange.

"I don't know them well..." Cabrera lowered his voice and said in Chen Yingxiong's ear. As she exhaled like blue, the fragrant smell penetrated into Chen Yingxiong's nostrils, making him a little itchy...want to sneeze.

Chen Yingxiong was afraid that if he continued like this, he would really be unable to hold it, so he shrugged his shoulders and pushed Cabrie away a bit, and said, "Then you can write whatever you want!"

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After everyone filled in the ballots, a staff member held the ticket box next to the table to collect the votes.

After everyone's votes have been collected, someone will be assigned to count the votes, and the others will continue to eat, drink, and chat. What should they do? No one is worried about the appearance of favoritism and fraud-there is really no need for this thing to favor favoritism...

But in fact, many people are concerned about this result. Others ran to ask a friend: "Hey, who did you choose?" Such a question.

This seems to be an opportunity for comparison.

The wives and girlfriends of the stars are all beauties, and some are even small celebrities. The dinner is an opportunity for them to show off their charms, so everyone has been carefully dressed, dressed in their best dresses, and put on Bright jewellery, came to the dinner party, hoping to compare other women.

This is also quite normal. Individuals have the desire to compare, but everyone compares things differently. Some compare academic performance, some compare money, some compare beauty, and others compare taste... But for women, they have a slightly more competitive mind. It's a bit heavy.

Of course, everyone still has to do their best to save face. Compare and return to compare, meet each other, and talk together as close as possible.

The counting of votes is finally over.

When Ma Qiao came to the stage again, the lights on the scene dimmed, and only a bunch of lamp posts above the rostrum hit him.

He grinned and held an envelope. It seemed that the answer was in the envelope.

Marjorie really did a lot of looks, like an awards ceremony in Hollywood. But instead of reading the list of winners directly, he re-invited the club’s chairman de Laurentiis and let him be the guest of the prize-opening prize-this is really a wonderful arrangement, de Laurentiis itself is in the movie circle. People, this kind of method similar to the movie award ceremony makes him come out to draw the prizes, it is really appropriate.

De Laurentiis readily agreed, and went crazy with this group of lads.

He walked onto the stage in a formal dress, took the envelope from Marjorie, and said into the microphone: "I assure you that I haven't seen what it is inside. I just knew that I would be called up to draw the lottery. So you definitely don’t have to worry that we are... UEFA."

"Hahahaha!" All the men in the room couldn't help laughing out loud, feeling sincerely admired for the boss' humor. At this time, I still don't forget to satirize UEFA, which is very at odds with Naples.

Just joking, and enlivening the atmosphere, de Laurentiis began to open the envelope, and while opening the envelope, he said, "Actually, I am also very curious, who is the most dazzling pair of men and women tonight..."

While speaking, the envelope was opened.

The scene was also quiet, and everyone was waiting for the answer to be announced.

De Laurentiis glanced at the result written on the letterhead, and then smiled.

Then he directly folded the letterhead and put it in his pocket.

Then he leaned in front of the microphone: "In fact, this answer is not suspenseful, at least I think so. The star tonight is..."

He stretched his voice, and with his voice, the lights wandered around in the dim venue, waiting for the moment when it was frozen.

"The hero and his female companion!"

As his voice settled, the lights gathered on Chen Yingxiong and Cabrera next to him.

There were huge cheers, whistles and applause.

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ps, the second one is coming!

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