ps, I just got up not long ago and delivered the extra monthly votes I owed yesterday~ There will be another chapter in a while.

In addition, there are only eight chapters left in the manuscript... So sad, I may have to continue to owe debts today...

Finally, a solemn statement: This story is purely fictional. Please do not substitute it into reality. Any names, units, and groups mentioned in this article have nothing to do with real names, units, and groups!

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While the media were almost condemning Chen Hero as a "public enemy of the people" and a "national scum," Chen Hero was shopping like crazy in Beijing. Before returning to Sichuan, he had to buy some gifts for his parents. It had been almost half a year since he had seen them, and he missed them very much.

He didn't bother to read the newspapers, watch TV, or go online. He didn't care about this matter at all. Anyway, he didn't really lose anything. If he hadn't gone to the national Olympic team for training, he might have felt regret for a while, thinking that he could finally participate in the Olympics and show his face at home. But when he arrived at the team and saw what the training was like, all his fantasies and expectations vanished...

Even with him on the team, they wouldn't have a chance to reach the top four... The daily training made his heart grow cold.

He could only wish the team good luck.

Just then, he received a call from his agent, Decula.

"What's going on with the national Olympic team?"

"The Russian media is paying attention to the Chinese national Olympic team?" Chen Hero found it surprising.

"I was originally negotiating endorsements for you with Chinese companies. After winning the League Cup, your commercial value has skyrocketed, especially in China. But those companies suddenly delayed the negotiation time or simply refused. I found it strange, so I looked for Chinese media to see if you had gotten into any news recently. Unexpectedly… it’s all over the place. Haven't you seen the news?"

"I'm busy spending money, I can't be bothered."

"Well, it's a good thing you didn't see it. Otherwise, you wouldn't be in the mood to spend money."

"Is the situation serious?" Chen Hero asked.

"It's okay, you're only a little worse than Wang Jingwei."

"Damn! How is that 'okay'?!"

"What are you planning to respond with..."

"Wait, let me go see what they're saying about me!" Chen Hero hung up the phone, no longer in the mood to continue shopping. He hailed a taxi and rushed back to the hotel where he was staying.

After getting out of the car near the hotel, he ran to the newsstand and bought all the newspapers available. Because he didn't know which newspapers were reporting on the matter, he even bought financial newspapers...

Under the surprised and puzzled gaze of the newsstand owner, Chen Hero ran back to his room with a large stack of newspapers. Then he turned on the TV and began to watch the newspapers while listening to the TV.

He picked up a comprehensive newspaper, the front page of which featured his photo and a sensational headline: "Hero or Scoundrel?"

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After reading the newspapers, Chen Hero watched TV again. There happened to be a local TV news program that was introducing the focal figures of the week, and his photo and name were prominently listed.

"...In the past week, an event over the weekend has absolutely ignited the national media and fans. That is Chen Hero's fight gate incident. He violently beat the national Olympic team captain, who is also an over-aged international player, Zhang Wei, in team training, knocking him unconscious on the spot... The impact of this incident, in the words of the press release issued by the Chinese Football Association to reporters, is - 'Extremely bad influence! Extremely serious consequences!'..."

Looks like this really made him famous…

Chen Hero took out his cell phone.

"I want to hold a press conference and tell the truth to the reporters."

"What are you going to say?"

"Tell the reporters what happened..."

"Do you think the reporters will believe whatever you say?"

"Uh..."

"Do you have any eyewitnesses? Will your teammates be willing to testify that Zhang Wei provoked you first? You've been kicked off the team, and they still have to play for the national Olympic team. Are they going to offend Zhang Wei to support you? I don't think they're that stupid."

What Decula said made Chen Hero frown – was he just going to let those damn reporters talk nonsense?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him.

"I can't find any eyewitnesses, but I have a video of the scene. Can that be used as evidence?"

Decula was a little surprised: "Didn't they say there weren't any fans or reporters at the scene, that it was closed training?"

Chen Hero asked Decula: "Didn't you say that if I wanted to, I could copy the scene I saw and build it into a copy?"

Decula's sudden realization and laughter came from the other end: "So that's how it is! But you can't do that level of realistic restoration right now, I have to do it for you. Wait a minute, I'll be right there."

"Aren't you in Russia..."

Before Chen Hero could finish speaking, the phone hung up.

Then, he heard a knock on the door.

"Coming..." He ran over and opened the door, Decula was standing at his door with his cell phone in hand.

After the initial surprise, Chen Hero slapped his forehead: "I fucking forgot you were light..."

He stepped aside and let Decula in.

"Won't your sudden disappearance make others suspicious?"

"I just said I was going to the bathroom."

"Well, be careful that the Iceberg thinks you're constipated, or fell into the toilet."

Listening to Chen Hero's teasing, Decula laughed: "You're much better than I thought. I thought you'd be furious and embarrassed."

"I'm not that miserable..." Chen Hero rolled his eyes: "Stop talking nonsense, let's start!"

"Start what?"

"Start working!"

"I don't know what you went through, what the specific details are... I don't know any of this, how can I build a copy for you?" Decula spread his hands, looking like it was only natural. It made Chen Hero want to beat him up.

"Are you kidding me? Who was it just now who said I couldn't do it and that he had to do it?" He glared, radiating murderous intent.

Decula laughed: "You have to outline the general framework first, and I'll do the detailed parts. Just like your open letter, you write the draft, and I'll revise it."

Chen Hero glared at him: "That's not a draft, I wrote it one night and revised it countless times before I wrote it!"

"Yes, yes, we all know you worked hard. Okay, let's start now!" Decula clapped his hands.

Chen Hero began to close his eyes, recalling everything he had experienced that day, especially the sense of image, to allow the entire scene to be reproduced before his eyes, the sense of image was very important. If he couldn't form an image in his mind, he couldn't rebuild the scene.

Fortunately, Chen Hero was very talented in this area, and he quickly completed the initial work of this scene.

When he opened his eyes, he was already in the national Olympic team's training ground in Shenyang, surrounded by his short-lived teammates. They were currently standing there somewhat sluggishly, without moving, like dolls without wound-up springs.

Decula was right, this couldn't really be done without his help – because both the venue and the teammates were very rough, looking like... uh, like the modeling of Pro Evolution Soccer in the PS era.

This was also normal, after all, Chen Hero had only spent one day with them, his impression was not deep enough, so naturally he couldn't perfectly reproduce them.

At this moment, Decula snapped his fingers.

The light and shadow around Chen Hero and in front of him began to change, and the world he was in seemed to be rendered layer by layer, gradually becoming more realistic and vivid.

This process lasted about thirty seconds, and the world had changed dramatically. Chen Hero had the illusion that he was in the Shenyang training ground three days ago.

Decula, at some point, had a cell phone with a video recording function in his hand. He smiled and nodded at Chen Hero: "Now go up and get tackled again."

Chen Hero's fists cracked as he clenched them: "No, it's going up and beating that bastard again!"

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Just like filming a movie, because there were always scenes that were different from the original situation, they had to take multiple NGs. Therefore, Chen Hero could always beat Zhang Wei again, although it was only virtual, he still beat him very happily. Decula sometimes suspected that this kid was deliberately not following the script, just to beat him a few more times to vent his anger?

After about eight NGs, it was finally done.

After "performing," Chen Hero withdrew from the copy, sat down with Decula, and watched their hard work together.

Decula deliberately filmed it very shaky, not too clear from a distance, but it still allowed everyone to see the most important points – first, Zhang Wei constantly infringed on Chen Hero in the game; second, Zhang Wei's vicious tackle.

"It's a pity that we can't really film a movie, otherwise there could be multiple shots at this point, preferably with close-ups and high-definition slow-motion from several angles..." Chen Hero pointed to the phone screen and said, "Let everyone know how poisonous that kid's tackle is!"

"This evidence is already very convincing, at least it explains why you suddenly beat someone. Although it's all beating people, self-defense and active attack are two different concepts. This can help you win back a lot of public opinion. Next, you need to consider how to tell everyone the truth."

Chen Hero had previously planned to hold a press conference, but he suddenly felt that this was not sensational enough... so he changed his mind: "Can you help me contact CCTV?"

"Hmm?"

"Just say that Chen Hero, the person involved in the Fight Gate, has finally broken his silence after many days and told everyone the truth of the matter, and there is also a live video as evidence... Wait, there weren't any reporters or fans at the scene at the time, except for internal personnel... Now suddenly a video like this pops up, who will believe it?"

Decula asked Chen Hero to carefully look at the shooting angle of the video: "Guess who could have taken this angle?"

Chen Hero stared at it for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh: "Damn! Dujkovic! He happened to be playing with his phone during training that day..."

Decula laughed: "I'll add a few sentences of Serbian in the post-production, guaranteed to be exactly the same as Dujkovic's voice. So that people won't dare to doubt the truth of this video. As for why Dujkovic would shoot this video, and why this video would appear in your hands... let the reporters and the Football Association guess."

Chen Hero thought his agent was really insidious...

"I think the idea of CCTV is very good, I'll try to contact them for you. This is a national TV station, its influence is obviously not comparable to that of this local TV station." Decula pointed to the TV that was still on. The TV was no longer talking about Chen Hero, and was playing commercials.

A trendy beauty looked deeply into the camera and said: "Abortion, I choose painless... Love her, take her to the Loving Heart Gynecology Hospital..."