The construction of Chen Yingxiong’s trophy wall was proceeding according to the blueprints. It wouldn't be long before it was completed. All Chen Yingxiong had to do then was work hard to put new trophies on that wall.

After receiving the Serie A Oscar for Best Foreign Player and Best Player of the Year, Chen Yingxiong ushered in his first game.

On January 24, Napoli went to Livorno for an away game.

It was just an ordinary league game, but it still attracted many media outlets to report on the game live.

"This is an exterior shot of Livorno's home stadium, the Stadio Armando Picchi. The game will begin later. As you can see behind me, fans have begun to enter the stadium one after another..."

"Yes, I am outside the Stadio Armando Picchi..."

"There are still two hours before the start of the match between Napoli and Livorno. Fans from both sides are gathering more and more outside the stadium..."

Several media outlets even brought satellite trucks to report on the game...

One Serie A Oscar might not prove much, but when two Serie A Player of the Year awards were combined with the European Golden Boy Award, it was enough to prove Chen Yingxiong's ability.

From now on, barring any unexpected circumstances, it would be the process of a world-class star rising.

Therefore, the media attention on him would naturally be greater than before.

So much media attention naturally made many of Chen Yingxiong's fans nervous.

This included the "Blue Giant Bear" organization.

Andrea Bosch and his companions followed the team to the away game.

As die-hard fans, of course, they had to come to the away game to watch the match. What were die-hard fans? Those who were only willing to cheer for their team in the stands at home probably only had half as much love for their team, right? Bosch thought so.

So even though there was an economic crisis and everyone's lives were difficult, they still insisted on coming to the stadium to watch the games, whether at home or away.

The team's games were divided into home and away games, but their love for the team was not.

They were very happy that Chen Yingxiong had won the European Golden Boy Award, and even happier that he had won the Serie A Oscar. However, when they saw all the reporters at the scene, some people became worried.

"This is too exaggerated... A satellite truck? Live reporting? This is just an ordinary game!"

"If you hadn't said anything, I would have thought this was a Champions League knockout game!"

"With so many media outlets here, I wonder if Hero will feel pressured?"

"Yeah, if he's under too much pressure, or eager to show off... Ah, I really don't dare to think about it!"

As a result, Chen Yingxiong showed everyone what it meant to be "completely without pressure"... allowing this group of Chen Yingxiong's fan team to understand that their favorite idol never knew what "pressure" meant...

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"goooooooooooooooooooooooooL!!!"

"Hero! Hero! Hero—herogoooooooooooL!"

"The game has only been going on for twenty minutes, and Napoli has taken the lead! The scorer is—heroooooooooooooooooooo!!"

"This is an outstanding performance! He just received the Serie A Oscar for Best Player and Best Foreign Player, and he used a goal to prove his strength!"

The commentators all roared excitedly.

Chen Yingxiong, after scoring the goal, pointed to his name on the back of his jersey, then hugged his teammates in celebration.

His goal broke the deadlock for the team and gave them the lead in the away game, which could be said to be a good start to the game.

"Fourteenth goal! Chen Yingxiong continues to lead the scoring charts!"

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In the end, Napoli relied on goals from Chen Yingxiong and Cassano to defeat their opponents 2-0 in the away game and achieve a victory.

Chen Yingxiong, who scored a goal in the game, was naturally the focus of media coverage and attention.

"Hero scored again, this is not news at all..."

"After winning the Serie A Oscar for Best Player and Best Foreign Player, Chen Yingxiong has become the focus of media attention. Yesterday, under the live attention of more than twenty Chinese and foreign media outlets, Chen Yingxiong performed very well. He scored a goal in the game and continued to lead the scoring charts alone..."

"I suddenly thought of something—at the Serie A Oscar awards ceremony, Hero once said that he would strive to win the league's top scorer again this season... There was a brief silence at the scene at the time. Obviously, everyone was shocked by his words. But then he said he was joking... So my question is—was he really joking?"

Whether Chen Yingxiong was really joking would be known by the end of the season.

Although winning the top scorer award for two consecutive seasons was not an incredible thing, it still took courage and... ignorance to announce in advance that you wanted to win the top scorer award, especially in a league like Serie A, which was known for its defense.

In the hundred years since the establishment of Serie A, it seemed that no player had ever been so arrogant and ignorant as to say that he would be the league's top scorer when the season was only halfway through.

To be the top scorer in Serie A, especially required courage and... luck.

Even a great figure like Ronaldo was ultimately defeated by the ferocious Italian defenders and defensive tactics, which showed the cruelty and strictness of the Italian league.

Some people later said that if Ronaldo had stayed in La Liga all along, he would probably have become the king of football long ago.

But—as someone destined to become the king of football, if he did not conquer the Serie A league at that time, what qualifications would he have to be the king of football?

It was a pity that Ronaldo fell on the road to becoming the king of football—if he had not been injured, he would have become the undisputed king of football, recognized by the authorities. But now, he could only receive such praise from some fans... It was really a pity.

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When Chen Yingxiong returned to Naples, the trophy wall in his home was already completed, and Chen Yingxiong could move back in one more day.

And Vera? She did not need to return to Russia. She had to go to Milan to find a house. Because the matters in Russia were basically nearing completion, Chen Yingxiong's agent team had to open up new territory.

The reason why they did not choose Naples, where Chen Yingxiong was located, was not because Vera wanted to deliberately avoid that lecherous boss, but because Milan was obviously more influential than Naples and facilitated the work of their agent team...

When she was about to leave, Chen Yingxiong wanted to treat her to a meal, but she did not appreciate it. Instead, she used the excuse of having something to do and fled Naples.

Ignoring Vera's rejection, Chen Yingxiong and Cabreira moved back to the home they had left for half a week. But before that, they drove to a Naples bank and took out the various trophies he had temporarily deposited in the bank's vault safe.

After returning home, he personally worked with Cabreira to place those trophies on the shelves in the trophy wall.

He did not arrange them in order, as that would look too rigid. He just did it as he pleased, putting the trophies wherever he wanted.

The two of them worked together and quickly placed all the trophies, then Chen Yingxiong pressed the switches one by one.

It was evening, and the light outside was not strong. No lights were turned on in the dim room.

With Chen Yingxiong's actions, the squares lit up one by one. Under the warm light, those trophies of various shapes shone brightly, just like in a museum.

In the entire room, only this wall emitted golden light.

Chen Yingxiong stood in front of the wall, looking at those glittering trophies—many of them were not actually gold, but they all turned gold under the golden light... From this point of view, Chen Yingxiong really fit everyone's general definition of a "nouveau riche."

Since his debut in the second half of 2006, in three and a half years, he had won two Russian Premier League top scorer awards, one Russian Premier League Best Newcomer award, and one Russian Premier League Best Foreign Player award. He had also won the UEFA Cup top scorer and Best Player awards. After transferring to Naples, he conquered his peers in just one season, winning the Serie A Player of the Year and Best Foreign Player awards. Before that, he had also won the Serie A top scorer award last season. In addition, the European Golden Boy Award was finally given to him a year late.

As for those Player of the Week awards... For Chen Yingxiong, these could not be considered honors. In the last half season of the Russian Premier League, he scored in every round of the league. At first, he received these honors until his hands were sore, but then the Russian Premier League also realized that he was getting all of them, so they simply stopped giving them to him, and instead gave them to those who ranked second, and the reason was also plausible: "This is your normal state, right? So it can't be counted as the best..."

Now, these trophies were in front of him, but they were not able to fill the wall. After all, the lit squares were in the minority, and most of the places were dark.

"It's still too little..." Looking at the wall, Chen Yingxiong muttered.

Cabreira stood beside him, not speaking.

Then she saw Chen Yingxiong suddenly raise his arm towards the wall and shout. But she could not understand at all, because what her employer was shouting was not English, nor Italian, but... his own native language.

"Strive—! Struggle—!!"

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Striving and struggling, Chen Yingxiong, who wanted to fill the entire wall, scored another goal in the twenty-second round of the league at home against Genoa. While scoring his fifteenth goal of the season, he also helped Napoli beat Genoa 3:1 at home.

This game was considered a reunion between Chen Yingxiong and "Bird-Grabbing Bro" Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

In just half a year, Chen Yingxiong had become the winner of the European Golden Boy Award, and last year's Serie A Best Player and Best Foreign Player. He was no longer on the same level as Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

The "bird-grabbing" incident was almost forgotten by people. It was not until before this game that it was mentioned again by the media.

The media always liked to dig up old scores, as this made it easier to hype things up.

However, neither side said anything about this matter before the game. Chen Yingxiong did not want to recall his "dark history," while Sokratis Papastathopoulos had completely lost his temper—Chen Yingxiong was really not someone he could freeze. He was really too silly and too naive in the past.

The collision between the two sides did not produce any exciting sparks that the media were interested in.

Of course, one was a center forward and the other was a center back, so direct confrontations between the two were inevitable.

In the game, Chen Yingxiong showed the excellent form he had been in during the last two games, completely defeating Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

He scored a goal and also assisted on the third goal.

However, after the game, no media outlets asked him about Sokratis Papastathopoulos's matter. Being mentioned in the same breath as Chen Yingxiong was Sokratis Papastathopoulos's honor, but Chen Yingxiong's opponent was definitely not just a Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

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