Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 697 Apologies Are Too Late Now! (First Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
That night, all the English media were reporting on Chen Hero producing evidence. Chen Hero didn't hand out copies of the evidence to the reporters, but a TV station's camera crew filmed the entire thing, and the sound was very clear.
Everyone who was paying attention to this matter could clearly hear through the television that Chen Hero had cursed "bastard" instead of "nigger"...
As for him scolding the reporters at the press conference, that became unimportant—how many reporters in England hadn't been scolded? Ferguson used to give them a good dressing down.
However, the reporter who had been scolded by Chen Hero to his face was reportedly very angry afterwards and wanted to sue him. But Chen Hero had his own legal team, so he didn't care about such things. Sue if you want! Even if he lost the lawsuit in the end and had to pay some money, it would be worth it to vent his anger!
"Hero presented strong evidence... He proved his innocence, although some people questioned the authenticity of the evidence... But it is indeed the most powerful evidence presented by both sides so far, at least more powerful than Richards' empty words..."
"In this video, we can clearly hear that Chen Hero cursed 'bastard', not 'nigger'... I think Richards either misheard or... well, I know everyone is reluctant to think so, but after all, there is this possibility..."
Richards lay in the hospital bed, his ankle still in a cast. He had no strength at all, and he was even a little terrified. Because he knew he was finished...
"It is reported that the Liverpool local court has received a complaint from Chen Hero's legal team, accusing Richards and Levak of defamation and damaging his personal reputation and image..."
Hearing the announcer mention his agent's name, he suddenly reacted.
Damn it, who the hell came up with this lousy idea?
It was that Franz Levak!
If he hadn't come up with such a lousy idea, telling him to accuse Chen Hero of racial discrimination, how could there have been so much crap!
The more Richards thought about it, the angrier he became. In the process, he completely convinced himself that he was innocent, that he had also been deceived by Levak, that Levak had betrayed him, and that he had been used as a pawn by Levak. All the blame should be borne by Levak alone, while he should be innocent, because he was also a victim.
Thinking of this, he quickly took out his mobile phone, found his agent's number, and dialed it.
As soon as the call was connected, he heard Levak's strained voice: "Don't panic, Mika! His evidence is fake! He won't even say where he got this video from, only that it was a fan, but we don't know who this fan is! So don't panic, don't panic! They must have used post-production to add Hero's voice..."
He rattled off his judgment like a machine gun, but everyone could hear a thing called "guilt" in his voice.
"Stop quibbling, Levak!" Richards roared back angrily. "I won't believe you anymore! You've ruined me! I don't care what means they used to get this evidence, even if they fabricated it! Anyway, I'm quitting, I'm not playing anymore! You go and fight them yourself! I must have had shit for brains to believe your nonsense and accuse Hero of racial discrimination. Damn it, he never called me a nigger! Damn it!"
"Hey, Mika? Mika? Calm down! Listen to me, don't be intimidated by them..."
"I'm not intimidated by them, I'm going to turn myself in! Bastard! You go play with yourself!"
After saying that, Richards hung up the phone forcefully.
Yes, at the same time as he called to scold Levak, he had already thought of a way to extricate himself from this matter.
So he immediately called his father: "Dad... I need your help... Don't ask anything, I was deceived by that damn Franz Levak! I was confused for a moment, yes, I know... I'm sorry, Dad... You were right, that bastard is no good, I'm going to fire him... But now I need you to do me a favor, Dad. I want you to help me submit a statement to the news media... Do you have paper and pen handy? Great... I'll dictate and you help me record it..."
In the following time, no matter how Levak called Richards, the line was always busy.
After repeatedly dialing for half an hour, the line was finally not busy, but his call was hung up, and when he called again, the phone was turned off.
Levak was stunned for a moment, then slammed his phone onto the bed: "Damn it! Damn it! That damn nigger!"
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Chen Hero had no idea that his evidence had caused the Richards family to fall apart.
Anyway, the next day he heard that Richards had issued a statement. The statement first apologized to Suarez, saying that he had been hotheaded on the field and had done something that was not in the spirit of sportsmanship. Next was the main part, he solemnly apologized to Chen Hero, saying that he had no intention of defaming Hero, but had only listened to the slander of his former agent, Franz Levak—yes, "former" agent, because Richards had unilaterally announced the termination of his contract with Franz in the statement—he claimed that after hearing Chen Hero's initial words, he had become angry, and at this time, his agent Levak had given him this lousy idea...
"I admit that I was dizzy with anger at the time... so I actually listened to his nonsense. Now I regret it very much, I withdraw my accusation of racial discrimination against Hero, in fact, he never called me a 'nigger'... all this was Levak's idea, and I was just a victim!"
Chen Hero smiled.
The reporters surrounding him wanted to hear Chen Hero's opinion on this matter. Seeing that Chen Hero was just smiling and not speaking, they urged him.
That's why reporters are so cheap, isn't it? Chen Hero had just scolded them yesterday, but now these people still flocked to him.
Chen Hero really smiled happily. He shook his head and waved his hands at the reporters, saying, "If only you knew this earlier, why did you do it in the first place? You want to apologize now? If you had apologized earlier, nothing would have happened. Apologizing now, I'm sorry, it's too late! You must go to court, Mr. Richards!"
A reporter intended to plead for Richards: "He has already issued an apology statement... I think everyone is a player, there is no need to go to extremes, right... This shouldn't be what a gentleman does..."
Chen Hero snorted, "Sorry, I'm not a gentleman. I only know that when dealing with enemies who provoke me, you have to be ruthless, otherwise you will always be caught in endless trouble, you kill one, and more will come. In addition, I remind you, is the guy who wants to defame others because he is at fault a gentleman? You should ask Richards this question."
"You are being too ungracious!" The reporter was a little angry.
Chen Hero laughed loudly, and after laughing, he glanced at the other party: "Grace? What's that?"
A group of reporters looked at Chen Hero's unrestrained and unscrupulous performance and fell silent.
Chen Hero looked around and found that no reporter jumped out to let him scold them again. It seemed that these people had learned their lesson, and he suddenly felt very bored. He finally shrugged: "As for you and Levak fighting like dogs... I can't control that. I believe many people are happy to watch the show."
After saying that, he pushed through the crowd and walked away.
He was in a very good mood now.
Dekula had already called him, saying that the English Football Association had decided to stop the investigation into his alleged racial discrimination because the person involved had admitted that he had framed Chen Hero, so the investigation was naturally unnecessary.
However, they turned to investigate Richards for framing Chen Hero, as well as his malicious foul against Suarez in the game, and he may face a suspension of at least three games—which will be enforced after he recovers from his injury.
In addition, the court has accepted the complaint submitted by his lawyer, and the matter has officially entered the judicial process.
Because of the full involvement of the media and full coverage of this matter, everyone now knows how vindictive Chen Hero is. But it doesn't matter, Chen Hero won't care about the opinions of the losers and onlookers. He plays football here and never relies on personal conduct to please anyone. He relies on his strength, goals, and victory.
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After Chen Hero's words came out, Levak was calling and scolding Richards: "You simple-minded nigger with well-developed limbs! Now it's good! Do you think you can get yourself out of this so easily? I'm telling you, no way! We're going to court together! Damn it! I told you to calm down, calm down, calm down! As long as you hold on, there are still many flaws and loopholes in his so-called evidence, but all my efforts have been wasted by you! You stupid donkey! You are really a pig-like teammate!"
Richards was speechless by Levak's scolding, because he really thought that he could apologize in time and then declare that he had been deceived by his agent. Then, as a colleague, Chen Hero should give him some face, maybe he would generously say that it had nothing to do with him and withdraw his lawsuit?
Who would have thought that Chen Hero was such a damn person... He was going to go to extremes!
Everyone is a football player, they have to meet at least twice a season, they see each other all the time, there is no need to be so extreme, right?
He couldn't figure it out, how could Hero be so ruthless...
What made him even more depressed was that because of Chen Hero's reaction, his statement not only failed to successfully extricate himself from this matter, but also made him the laughing stock of everyone—now everyone knows his "glorious deeds" of abandoning his teammates and selling his friends for survival at a critical moment... He said that he was deceived by his agent, but how many people believe this? He is the player himself, if he didn't tacitly agree and cooperate, how could Levak stir up any trouble alone?
Anyway, this pot of shit must be put on his head, and he can't get rid of it...
The more Richards thought about it, the more wronged he felt. And his former agent was still ranting in his ear, which made him even more annoyed.
"...I'm telling you, you idiot! Don't think you can get rid of me so easily! Do you think unilaterally announcing the termination of the contract with me means that the contract is really terminated? Our contract is protected by law. If I don't agree, you can't terminate the contract! We'll see you in court then! You idiot..."
Richards hung up the phone directly.
It's all the fault of this noisy idiot!
And that extremely Chen Hero who doesn't give him any face and is more narrow-minded than a woman!
Damn it, aren't you still playing in Liverpool? We have a chance to meet, yes, there is still plenty of time, there is always a chance!
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