The fourth installment of We Are Champions has ended in a climax as desired. The marriage of Zhang Jun and Sophie at the end can also be considered a relatively good conclusion. Although it's somewhat cliché, with my ability, I could only write to this extent. When I truly started writing the last chapter, I had a lot of things I wanted to say in my heart, but after thinking about it, I couldn't organize them, so I had to give up and abandon many things.

As for the fifth installment that I'm about to write, I think some people have seen what I'm going to write in the foreword to the fifth installment in the public version, right? In short, it's definitely not a tragedy, but it's also something that is clearly different from the style of the previous four installments, especially the fourth. You can all look at them separately, so as not to affect the image of We Are Champions in your hearts.

The fifth installment, *The Silhouette of a Legend*. Maybe it won't be wish fulfillment, maybe it will be very wish fulfillment, but I actually want to say some very realistic things in it, and it's also what I've always wanted to express since I started writing We Are Champions. In this sense, the first four installments of We Are Champions are more like something I used to make a living, pleasing most readers, making many people think the story is interesting, not bad, and worth reading, so it's considered a success. The last installment is the We Are Champions that I really want to write, maybe it will be very unpopular, maybe I will be scolded into scum, maybe I will flop so badly that Qidian will terminate my VIP contract... None of this matters, I just want to write something I really want to write, no matter how much friends who feel uncomfortable after reading it scold me, I will not change my original intention. There's no way, I'm as stubborn as Zhang Jun, hopelessly so...

After we historically win the World Cup, will Chinese football really advance rapidly according to the route we imagined? Will the reform of Chinese football really be effective so quickly? Won't there be any changes in those people who desperately strived for their ideals? There is no banquet that doesn't end, even the bravest heroes can resist the erosion of time? When the dynasty gradually moves away from our sight, when a great legend only leaves behind a silhouette, where will we who are in it go?

When I was conceiving the fifth installment, and even the entire We Are Champions, I kept asking myself this. There are many novels about football online, but I hope We Are Champions is different from them.

The Golden Generation, the World Cup, these are actually not what Chinese football needs most. What do we need most? This question is very big, and it's not clear in a short time, so I'm using the fifth installment of We Are Champions to try to find some answers and make my explanation and judgment. As for right or wrong? Mature or naive? That's not something I can decide, you readers will definitely have your own yardstick.

There are too many restrictions on Chinese football in reality. I spent nearly four years and more than two million words to depict a fantasy Chinese football environment. Now I want to analyze and dissect this environment in my dream. The fifth installment will use a jumping method to describe the remaining years.

To those friends who want to see the ending but are worried that they will not be able to read the twists and turns, you can wait until I have finished writing the fifth installment and then subscribe together, and then read it in one breath, the effect may be much better. In addition, I would also like to say to those friends who do not plan to read the fifth installment: Thank you for your support over the past three years! Without your selfless support and dedication, there would be no Lin Hai Ting Tao who can now write what he wants to write. No matter what choice you make in the end, we are still friends. We once met in the world of We Are Champions. I hope that when I release a new book in the future, you will continue to support me!

Finally, to those friends who insist on subscribing to everything and accompany me to the end of this final road: You really need to be very strong, very strong. Of course, I will also pay attention and will not do anything to deliberately stimulate your hearts. But when you feel uncomfortable or even disgusted, don't rush to leave, please calm down a little. Believe me, believe that I am a person who likes to write sunny stories, believe that We Are Champions is actually a passionate youth inspirational story, believe that after that boundless darkness, there will definitely be a brilliant ending.

Of course, right now I'm just writing empty checks, and what it will actually be like will have to wait until the fifth installment is written.

Please look forward to: *We Are Champions* Fifth Installment, *The Silhouette of a Legend*!