Chen Hero was completely hyped in Chengdu by the confrontational reporting of Zhong Dajun and Xie Liang, from the *Shuxi City Daily* and the *Jinguan Express*.

Now everyone knew there was such a person in Chengdu. He played football in Russia, he could score ten goals in eleven league rounds, he was kicked out of the team because he angrily beat a player who tried to injure him during a domestic match, and his father once borrowed money to take him on a tour of Europe, just to find a club that would accept him...

He had too many legendary stories, so much so that at first no one dared to believe them.

After someone scanned or typed these reports and put them online, many people's first reaction after reading them was: "Damn! This reporter must be from Qidian!"

The articles might not have been persuasive enough, but the photos were.

Here, it must be said that Zhong Dajun was very meticulous. A picture dug out from the official website shut the mouths of all those who wanted to habitually question the story.

Moreover, he had deliberately taken clear, large pictures and put them in the newspaper, so that everyone could compare them and draw their own conclusions.

Faced with the ironclad facts, Xie Liang's cynical article now seemed like a slap in his own face...

After that day, the *Jinguan Express* did receive a lot of protest calls and letters from readers, protesting and criticizing their reporters and editors for being collectively brain-dead, for not doing even the most basic fact-checking, and for making irresponsible remarks on such an influential media platform, calling people liars. What was the result? The facts proved that he was a real hero! Truly the pride of the city! How was such arbitrary behavior any different from those gossiping housewives on the streets? Was this the attitude that a responsible media outlet and a responsible reporter should have?!

Letters from readers, full of sharp words, flew to the *Jinguan Express* newspaper office like snowflakes, and passionate phone calls poured into the editorial department. The *Jinguan Express* office building was in chaos for several days.

Inside the newspaper office, there was also a fierce struggle.

The editor-in-chief wanted Xie Liang to conduct an internal self-criticism, and write a public apology letter to be published in a prominent position in the newspaper, so as to minimize the negative impact that Xie Liang's self-satisfied article had brought to the newspaper.

But Xie Liang prided himself on his integrity as a writer, and would never bow his head to these ugly dark forces! He absolutely refused to admit his mistake! And he would never write any damned public apology letter!

"Anyway, I just won't apologize! If you have the ability, then fire me!" He slammed the table and showed off his writer's integrity at the internal meeting.

Then, he was fired...

Later, it was said that this person went to a media outlet in Beijing, and relied on his cynical writing style to make a name for himself. Later, he specialized in writing books, published several novels, and appeared on the Internet as a public intellectual, gaining fame for a time. But he had one habit: no matter where he was, any negative news that was unfavorable to Chen Hero would always find him at the forefront, criticizing with impassioned words, and describing Chen Hero as a scumbag who embodied all the dark aspects of Chinese football... But that's all in the future.

The *Jinguan Express* quickly sacrificed a pawn to save the chariot, publishing an apology letter written by the editor-in-chief himself in a prominent position, which was considered a high-profile treatment of Chen Hero.

But Chen Hero knew that it wasn't because the people at the *Jinguan Express* had suddenly become enlightened, but because Dekura, speaking fluent London English, had strongly expressed his dissatisfaction in a phone call to them.

As Chen Hero said, when facing those who spoke bird language, their knees always instinctively softened...

Two days after the *Shuxi City Daily* and the *Jinguan Express* argued, a large number of articles about this incident were uploaded to the Internet. After spreading through the Internet world at the speed of light, the previously vigorous "Searching for hero_Chen" campaign finally ended with Chen Hero being found.

But this was the beginning, not the end. Because Chen Hero had become famous on the Internet!

The benefit that came with being famous on the Internet was that those traditional media from other places knew about him. He began to receive calls from Beijing, Changsha, Guangzhou, and other places, hoping to interview him.

The local Chengdu TV station also came to his door with cameras.

His mother simply stopped helping Chen Tao in the store, and stayed at home to help receive the reporters who came to interview him... But she soon went back to the store, because Chen Hero's fame had led many media outlets to interview his father, Chen Tao, and incidentally gave Chen Tao's small shop free advertising. Chen Tao's business suddenly became much busier, and he couldn't handle it all by himself...

During this time, Zhong Dajun contacted them several times, mainly to connect them with other media outlets—when those media outlets didn't know how to contact Chen Hero's agent, they could only go through Zhong Dajun to interview Chen Hero. For a time, Zhong Dajun seemed to be Chen Hero's agent in China...

The *Jinguan Express* also sent a few influential reporters to interview Chen Hero, expressing their apologies for the harm their reckless behavior had caused Chen Hero.

However, the interview content was just a rehash of Zhong Dajun's previous content, picking up what others had left behind. They hadn't even warmed up the leftovers before eating them, truly pathetic.

But who could they blame?

Blame a certain self-righteous "uncrowned king" who thought everyone should pay homage to him...

In fact, Chen Hero's fame had not yet reached the point of sensationalizing the whole country, but the previous "Searching for hero_Chen" post on the Internet was very popular, driving the attention of the print media. The influence of the Internet on this society had already begun to manifest itself.

Chen Hero might become the first Chinese player to become famous through the Internet.

However, there was still a big gap between the kind of fame that Chen Hero expected, where many companies would come to him to discuss product endorsements and corporate image endorsements...

Everyone just knew that there was such a person, but they lacked further understanding of him.

At least no one had seen Chen Hero's goals in the Russian Premier League. Had he really scored ten goals in eleven rounds? Or was there a statistical error? How were those goals scored?

In any case, there were many questions.

But you can never doubt the Chinese people's enthusiasm for football, nor can you doubt the efficiency of online media...

Soon, Chen Hero saw a video of the Russian Premier League on **Sports, which was his hat-trick against Wings of Soviet.

The title was very sensational: "Chinese Air Overlord Shows Off His Power, Russian Super League Powerhouse Suffers Slaughter!"

Chen Hero was very happy. He didn't go anywhere all day, and stayed at home to refresh the comments below the video, watching how these people evaluated him.

And he wasn't satisfied with just watching, he registered accounts on Youku, Tudou, Ku6 and other video websites, and forwarded them all...

Then he started refreshing several websites at the same time...

Of course, most of the comments praised Chen Hero, and some advised him not to come back, but to stay abroad and develop.

But there were always some who liked to disagree with others to show off their twisted sense of superiority.

Some people wrote long articles pointing out Chen Hero's problems, such as his one-dimensionality, his rough technique, and his poor shooting skills...

Chen Hero just sneered at this.

Next season, I'll let you see an even more awesome Chen Hero!

Slapping faces was what he was best at and liked the most!

During the following holidays, in addition to accepting interviews from media outlets from all over the country, Chen Hero buried himself in hard training in the dungeon.

Most of the holidays had already passed, so he had to work hard.

Dekura gave him a training plan, which was full of projects he had to practice during this holiday, as well as the results he had to achieve...

It was all physical training, including strength, speed, balance, endurance and other training subjects.

Dekura explained the use of this training plan to Chen Hero like a trainer.

The holidays are the easiest time to accumulate fat, so nothing is more important than physical training during the holidays. If you can maintain your body during the holidays, then you will always be one step ahead during pre-season training, and you will be able to enter the state faster and more smoothly. When it comes to the game, your performance will be better than others, and it will be easier to get into the coach's sight.

Moreover, Chen Hero's physical confrontation ability needs to be further strengthened. From the end of the season, Chen Hero has been involved in many brawls. His physical advantage is obvious when he is moving, but it is not so obvious when he is completely still.

Dekura's suggestion to Chen Hero was to gain another two kilograms, while reducing fat content, so that his body would be stronger and easier to explode.

Chen Hero worked hard in the dungeon space according to this goal. Although this kind of physical training could also be done in the gym, but... with Chen Hero's current fame, if he didn't want to be disturbed during training, it was best to keep a low profile.

While he was working hard to improve himself, more videos of Chen Hero scoring goals in the Russian Premier League were also discovered. All of the games that were broadcast live across Russia had them.

Chen Hero's goals, full of strength and explosive power, and in line with the requirements of violent aesthetics, made the viewers' blood boil.

There were even Chen Hero fan groups on the Internet, and these fan groups began to spontaneously collect information about the Russian league and introduce it to everyone. Including the composition of the Russian league, the basic information and current situation of Zenit St. Petersburg, and so on.

It must be said that the existence of Chinese players has greatly increased Zenit St. Petersburg's popularity in China. These were all unexpected by the Zenit club.

After seeing these goal videos, the Chinese media also made up their minds - when the new season of the Russian league begins, they will send people to St. Petersburg to follow and report on this Chinese hero who came out of nowhere!