Chapter 320 After the Game

At the post-match press conference, Alan Pardew faced numerous questions from reporters, only answering a few hastily before leaving early.

He didn't even answer the question about his feelings about not being able to stop Chen Hero...

But the reporters' questions were quite stupid; did Alan Pardew really need to be asked about his feelings? It was obvious!

Compared to Pardew, Martin O'Neill stayed on the platform for a longer time.

Because the reporters had just as many questions to ask.

Chen Hero's record-breaking feat was perhaps the biggest news in the Premier League this season. Liverpool's successful title defense paled in comparison.

Everyone wanted to know some inside information, like what kind of celebration there was in the locker room after Chen Hero broke the record? Who made the decision to have the whole team support Chen Hero?

Martin O'Neill, as the head coach, must know these things, right?

So he was thoroughly bombarded by the reporters, over and over again, carpet-bombing him until he was completely plowed over.

They even asked him when Chen Hero got his tattoo.

Martin O'Neill didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"...Of course I'm happy that Hero broke the record, I'm very happy. Because this honor belongs to Liverpool... I did arrange for the whole team to support Chen Hero... I don't think there's anything to say about it. Didn't Newcastle United's manager, Mr. Pardew, use a 10-0-0 formation without a single attacking player? He did everything he could to stop Hero, so naturally we have to do everything we can to help Hero, that's fair... The players had a small celebration in the locker room, but it wasn't as exaggerated as you might think. You can see from looking at me that I'm unscathed... What Hero said in the interview? I'm sorry, I didn't hear it, but I believe he can grow into the best player in England, because he has the potential..."

At this time, Martin O'Neill naturally had to support Chen Hero to the end, even if it meant offending all of England.

Anyway, he wasn't English.

Most importantly, as long as he had Chen Hero, he could sweep across Britain and didn't need to care what the English thought.

And if he offended Chen Hero, even with the support of all of England, he could only leave Liverpool's managerial position in disappointment.

And he didn't want to leave Liverpool's head coach position.

He wanted success, wanted to achieve many things, wanted to become the most successful coach.

All of this required him to coach Liverpool and have Chen Hero's support.

Only a fool would throw away a watermelon to pick up sesame seeds. What's more, those people weren't even sesame seeds, and Chen Hero was much more useful than a watermelon.

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That night, the fastest-reacting online and television media outlets widely reported on Chen Hero's record-breaking feat.

However, many people's tones were still sour, as if they were very unconvinced.

There were all kinds of arguments on television programs.

Some people were questioning Chen Hero's achievements, believing that scoring five goals in one game, especially away from home, against a Newcastle United team that was defending with all their players, was an unrealistic and problematic achievement.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with Chen Hero's achievements. In yesterday's game, he immediately went to take a urine test, and the results proved that he had not taken any stimulants or prohibited drugs. His achievements were genuine and trustworthy.

But some people just wanted to lie through their teeth.

There were really too many excuses to find.

For example, this guest was on television talking at length about the history of Chinese doping.

"...In the Chinese sports world, they have always had a habit of using stimulants... Their swimming team, weightlifting team, gymnastics team... they don't have a single clean team! Even Chinese football has been plagued by many scandals, such as falsifying ages and fixing matches... As a player who comes from a place like China, I find it hard to believe that he is clean..."

It seemed that he knew a lot about Chinese sports, citing examples in great detail, but in fact, he was just talking nonsense.

You could tell by listening to what he said next.

"Yes, the urine test result was negative... But what does that prove? It doesn't prove that he is clean, it only proves that he took a stimulant that current anti-doping technology cannot detect. Time will prove everything, we can keep his urine sample for five or ten years and see what the result is... I believe time will give history justice!"

It was understandable for an Englishman to say this. After all, in his eyes, Chen Hero wasn't the same race as him. "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts." This saying wasn't only said by Chinese people; foreigners also said it. Don't think that only China has extreme racists. There are more of them abroad.

But what was laughable was that on the same day, some voices questioning Chen Hero's achievements also appeared on Chinese Weibo. These people were all Chinese, genuine Chinese with black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin.

But they were helping foreigners question Chen Hero, vying to lick the ass of their British daddy.

For example, Xie Liang, who had always opposed Chen Hero, posted a Weibo post citing an example of a Chinese athlete who had won a world championship. At that time, the urine test proved that he had not taken any prohibited drugs, but several years later, he finally admitted to taking drugs, and his gold medal that year was revoked, and he was banned from competition. Then he used this example to tell everyone, "...Don't say anything too definitive now, like he definitely didn't take any prohibited drugs. Everyone will say they are clean, but only time knows the truth."

Then he was drowned in the saliva of countless Chen Hero fans, who said that they and Xie Liang's mother were also clean, but only time would tell the truth.

Of course, he could ignore and blacklist them, and then continue to declare on Weibo that Chen Hero had hired countless water armies and fifty-centers (internet commenters paid to post opinions) to attack him, an opinion leader, and that this kind of behavior of hiding behind the water army was a cowardly act...

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The next day, the newspapers all reported extensively on Chen Hero's record-breaking feat. Some people chose to congratulate Chen Hero, while others continued to be stubborn, finding all kinds of bizarre reasons to slander and attack Chen Hero.

The question of doping was naturally one of the focuses of everyone's attention.

Chen Hero was woken up by De Kela's phone call early in the morning.

In the phone call, De Kela told Chen Hero about the media's reaction and asked him how he wanted to deal with it.

"Many reporters have called me and asked to interview you, Hero."

"Are they all coming to congratulate me?" Chen Hero, who was still sleepy, hadn't reacted yet.

"Yes, but not all of them. Some media outlets are planning to ask you what you have to say about some media outlets accusing you of taking some kind of prohibited drug that current technology cannot detect..."

Chen Hero only heard half of the words, and all his sleepiness disappeared. He got out of bed, glanced at Cabrilla, who was sleeping naked beside him, and then got out of bed, walked out of the bedroom, closed the bedroom door, and came to the living room, sitting on the sofa.

"They actually suspect me of taking prohibited drugs?" Chen Hero asked.

"Yes, that's what they're suspecting."

Chen Hero was amused—this reason was too bizarre. Prohibited drugs that current technology cannot detect... This reason was too powerful, and with this reason, all champions and successful people could be questioned.

"What do you think I should do?" he asked De Kela.

"Silence is the best thing to do. You have already won the new record, you are the winner, and you don't need to pay attention to the nonsense of those losers. If a dog barks at you, will you bark back?"

Chen Hero shook his head and rejected De Kela's suggestion: "No, as long as a dog that doesn't have eyes dares to bark at me, I will definitely use a stick to beat it to death. Silence will only make them think that I am weak and easy to bully, and it won't show my demeanor. I don't need that thing called demeanor."

"Then that means..."

"Send an open letter, hold a press conference... No, wait, don't hold a press conference, let's do something big too. Contact the TV station, find an influential talk show, and tell them that I want to participate, and then find me the idiot who first said that I took stimulants, and let him come up too, confront me face to face, and see if he dares... By the way, you can tell him to rest assured, I'm in a good mood, so I won't beat the dog."

"Aren't you going to prepare for the FA Cup final and the Champions League final?"

"It doesn't take much effort to clean up a few dogs." Chen Hero hummed.

"Okay, I'll help you contact them. What time?"

"The sooner the better, I'll be annoyed if they jump around for too long."

Chen Hero had a flash of inspiration in his mind about this matter. But he was only responsible for thinking, and naturally someone would do the specific things. Otherwise, why would he support such a large team of agents? Could it be that so many people just take money and do nothing?

So this kind of thing actually didn't take up Chen Hero's time at all, and he didn't need to prepare or rehearse anything in advance, just go up and broadcast live.

It depended on whether those people had the guts.

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De Kela was indeed very good at doing things. Before things had even started, he had already spread the news to see if those people who had sworn that Chen Hero had taken prohibited drugs dared to take the bait.

Didn't you say that Chen Hero took prohibited drugs?

Okay, now Chen Hero has made a move, let's see if you dare to take the bait. If you don't have a guilty conscience, then come. If you don't dare to come, then it means you are slandering Chen Hero.

Let everyone see who is unreasonable!

After this matter was exposed by the media, it immediately attracted everyone's attention. Within a day, the whole of England, then the whole of Europe, and even China, which was thousands of miles away, knew about it.

Chen Hero was going to compete face-to-face with his enemies who questioned him!

What an explosive topic!

Now everyone's eyes were on those people who had sworn on TV, in newspapers, and on the Internet that Chen Hero had taken prohibited drugs. They were all famous people with names and surnames, either famous mouths or famous prostitutes... Oh, sorry, famous journalists, not those nameless people on the Internet whose IDs were virtual.

Everyone wanted to see if these people dared to take the bait.

Putting aside the audience's position, the more lively the matter, the better, which was the common mentality of all the onlookers.

But to their disappointment, all the people who had said that Chen Hero had taken prohibited drugs before were silent.