It was said that Neapolitans were among the most passionate fans in Italy, but Chen Yingxiong didn't expect his first taste of that passion to be at the entrance to his hotel, rather than in the stands of the stadium…

After discovering that the media had twisted his words, Chen Yingxiong had Decura issue a statement, the gist of which was that he had no intention of looking down on Maradona. Maradona was a great player, his idol, and so on—whether he was really an idol was only clear to Chen Yingxiong himself—his words had been twisted by the media, and he was only expressing that Naples should look forward, hoping for what lay ahead…

The Napoli club also officially denied reports that Chen Yingxiong had insulted Maradona, claiming it was malicious hype and a deliberate distortion of the truth by the media.

But it had no effect whatsoever.

The Neapolitans were already fired up. They didn't care what Chen Yingxiong meant. In their eyes, Chen Yingxiong's statement was so weak and obviously a sign of a guilty conscience. If he really hadn't insulted Diego, why would he issue such a statement?

Chen Yingxiong understood this point, so in the following days, no matter how the fans protested or how the media hyped it up, he kept silent.

But this did not diminish the citywide protests in Naples.

The wave of protests even affected the club president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, who had personally brought Chen Yingxiong in. Some fans went to De Laurentiis's mansion to protest and throw stones at the windows.

However, De Laurentiis had already returned to Los Angeles and was not in Italy, so these protests only cost him a few broken windows…

At the hotel where Chen Yingxiong was staying, the pressure was much greater.

There were even cases of extremist fans sending death threats to the hotel—an envelope containing a bullet!

With such a situation, the state of affairs was clearly serious.

The Naples police mobilized, found Chen Yingxiong and his agent Decura, and offered him round-the-clock protection for his safety…

Chen Yingxiong was a little surprised. At first, he didn't take it seriously. He thought it was just a protest by the fans. Let them vent, and it would be over.

He didn't expect the police to tell him very seriously, "Don't forget, Naples has a mafia background."

Chen Yingxiong, no matter how awesome, wasn't really bulletproof… The mafia was clearly on a different level.

So he finally accepted the protection measures arranged by the police—of course, Chen Yingxiong had to pay for this kind of protection. Otherwise, the parliament and the public would never allow the police to use taxpayers' money to protect this person or that person for no reason. Protecting national dignitaries was understandable, but protecting a football star?

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The appearance of the bullet threat was a turning point.

The Italian media never imagined that a thoughtless remark by Chen Yingxiong could cause such a huge reaction after their hype…

In their opinion, this had completely gone beyond the scope of football and beyond their control.

The media no longer published sensational articles and stopped hyping up Chen Yingxiong's "attack" on Maradona.

On the contrary, many comments appeared advising fans not to continue making trouble and condemning extremist radical fans. Italy's national television even began to pay attention to the "fan riot" that suddenly emerged in Naples. For three whole days, the entire Italian media was paying attention to this matter, just like paying attention to a major national event…

The Italian media finally understood why Chen Yingxiong was called a "super troublemaker" by his Russian counterparts… This kid really brought trouble wherever he went, and it was never small trouble.

Such a relatively unknown player was able to cause such a big reaction. For a time, his name successfully appeared in all Italian media, including those nationally known media outlets. He hadn't even played a single game in Serie A, yet he was already a household name.

No wonder some people suspected that this was a carefully planned self-promotion by Chen Yingxiong and his agent… Even that bullet might have been staged by them.

The mayor of Naples also strongly condemned these violent incidents: "Naples is a beautiful city, and football is a beautiful sport. Such dirty violence must never be allowed to tarnish this beautiful city and this beautiful sport! We have obtained information and evidence on at least thirty football hooligans involved in the riots, and arrests are underway!"

The Naples police dispatched a large number of police officers and arrested many radical fans who participated in the street riots, throwing them into detention centers. Some football hooligans with more serious offenses may even face a ban of at least one year—during the ban, they will be prohibited from entering any stadium to watch football, and they will even be strictly prohibited from approaching the stadium within a certain radius.

In addition, some more moderate fan organizations took to the streets, calling on everyone to express their protests in a more appropriate way, rather than through the current chaotic violence.

Luca Massimo was among them. He distributed leaflets and called on fans to adopt other ways to protest against this arrogant newcomer.

"We will give him a 'surprise' during the first home game!"

In addition to making the giant banner, the "Napoli People" fan organization also distributed a batch of slogans specifically used to attack and protest Chen Yingxiong. They would not resort to violence, but they would drown this arrogant guy, Chen Yingxiong, with spit!

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What happened in Naples, Italy, in just a few days left the Chinese media who had followed Chen Yingxiong to Naples dumbfounded.

What on earth was this kid… what was he? Was he the Monkey King who wreaked havoc in heaven two thousand years ago, reincarnated? How could he cause such a commotion wherever he went?

First, he turned the country upside down in China, and they still hadn't recovered, still arguing and making noise.

Then, he came to Italy, and a simple sentence actually caused so much trouble. Not only did he plunge the entire city of Naples into turmoil, but he also became a headline figure throughout Italy… Even many politicians couldn't compare to this treatment, right?

"Too awesome…" After witnessing Chen Yingxiong's power in Naples, these people couldn't help but exclaim.

It was like a typhoon passing through, leaving a mess wherever it went.

The news channel of CCTV even selected Chen Yingxiong as a focus figure in the weekly news magazine, comparing him to world politicians.

The host's comment was: "From the perspective of someone like me who isn't a football fan, perhaps no player has ever been able to cause such consequences with just one sentence…"

But perhaps the Chinese Football Association should thank Chen Yingxiong, because it was this incident that drew everyone's attention to Italy in the west.

Chinese fans sighed that Chen Yingxiong was too mighty, that he single-handedly turned the entire Italy upside down, what was the difference between this and the Monkey King wreaking havoc in heaven back then? But some people were worried that this incident might affect Chen Yingxiong's adaptation process in the team and his relationship with his teammates—who knew if any of his teammates were die-hard fans of Maradona…

But one thing was certain, Chen Yingxiong would definitely be hated and opposed by the home fans. At that time, he would probably feel even more uncomfortable in his own home stadium than in away games…

Many people were extremely pessimistic about Chen Yingxiong's future in Naples and were completely unoptimistic about it. They even believed that Chen Yingxiong would transfer and leave Naples after a season at the latest.

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Although there were fewer violent protests, Chen Yingxiong and his agent Decura changed hotels for safety reasons. They moved to the Paradise Hotel in the Posillipo district. The Posillipo district was the wealthy area of Naples, and the hotel was located halfway up the mountain, with the best panoramic views of the beautiful Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius.

Coincidentally, Maradona lived in a house nearby back then.

It seemed that Chen Yingxiong and Maradona were destined to be linked…

The security situation in the wealthy area was obviously better than where Chen Yingxiong had stayed before. Here, no fans could throw eggs at the hotel to protest.

But Chen Yingxiong didn't have time to go out shopping and playing, because the team's preseason training camp had begun…

When Chen Yingxiong's car, escorted by two police cars, drove into Napoli's Castel Volturno training base, he successfully shocked the media, fans, and his new teammates present…

"Wow… who is this? He needs a police escort to come to training! What a big face!" Christian Maggio, who had just joined the team, couldn't help but whistle.

At first, the reporters and fans were also quite surprised—could it be that some government official had come here to visit and inspect?

As a result, when Chen Yingxiong got out of the car, the fans who reacted let out a huge boo. Although no one threw anything at them anymore, their dislike for this arrogant guy had not diminished at all.

The reporters also reacted and aimed their cameras at Chen Yingxiong, and some reporters even planned to rush up for an interview.

If the police hadn't gotten out of the car in time to block these people, Chen Yingxiong's first training session would definitely have been late…

"Didn't you read the newspapers, Chris?" Manuele Blasi next to him leaned over and looked at the crowd surging over there and said, "The new guy who just joined the team offended all the Napoli fans at the press conference for his signing ceremony…"

The whole of Italy was making a fuss about this matter, how could Maggio not know? He just didn't expect it to have reached this point—even needing a police escort to come to training.

"Someone issued a death threat, so he's like this now… poor guy." Blasi shrugged, then turned and walked into the training base.

Under the protection of the police, Chen Yingxiong finally entered the training base, while the reporters and fans were kept out by the police and the security guards of the training base.

Some arguments even broke out between the media and the security guards.

Chen Yingxiong looked back at the chaotic scene, clicked his tongue, and in these few days, he had fully realized Maradona's status in the hearts of the Napoli fans. But he insisted that he was right, that if Napoli wanted to develop, they had to look forward. Could they really move their team forward by always indulging in the glory of the past?

Looking at the crazy fans and media, he shook his head and turned to walk towards the team's main building of the training base. At the door, the team's manager Marino and head coach Reja were already waiting for him.

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As Chen Yingxiong walked towards them, Marino and Reja were watching the chaotic scene at the door, clicking their tongues.

The same thought emerged in both of their minds—it seemed that Chen Yingxiong's career in Naples would definitely not be peaceful…

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ps, there is only one hour left, and the passionate October is about to end. I don't know if there is still a chance to add more updates, so I will put it at the end of this chapter and talk to everyone—everyone has been great this month, and I haven't embarrassed myself.

There has been an explosion of updates day after day, and this month I have updated at least 550,000 words. And everyone has voted for me with more than 5,000 monthly tickets, which is a height I have never reached before. Thank you very much, everyone.

But I also have to regretfully inform everyone that the new book month is over, and I will resume the plan of guaranteeing at least two updates per day. There will still be occasional bursts of additional updates, depending on how many drafts I have. If I have a lot of drafts, I will burst out with updates. If I have few drafts, everyone understands…

Finally, thank you all for voting so crazily, and for pushing me to a crazy state…

Although it is very hard and tiring, and makes my wife worry about my health, I still think it is worth it. Anyway, a book will only be crazy once, just like the new book month of Champion's Legend.

Thank you, everyone, let's see you again in November!

By the way, I'm asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket for November! I've updated so much this month, even if you only subscribe to my book, you should be eligible for a guaranteed monthly ticket, right?

So, tomorrow, everyone, throw your monthly tickets!