Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 1679 He Brings Joy, Too (First Update)
Chen Yingxiong placed the bouquet in his hand in front of Samuel Mertz's tombstone, then stood up and looked at the tombstone.
He began to tell Mr. Mertz stories.
The story started from his nine-month suspension and went all the way to the just-concluded thirty-seventh round of the league. He tried to be concise, so that Mr. Mertz could understand the general outline.
He wasn't here to say goodbye to Samuel Mertz. He wasn't retiring, so what was there to say goodbye to?
He was just here to inform Mr. Mertz of one thing, that Liverpool was finally about to surpass Manlian and become the unique king of English football! No other team could compare to Liverpool.
As a loyal Liverpool fan, this news must make Mr. Mertz happy for a long time.
He still remembered what Mertz had said to him.
Liverpool had been hungry long enough.
He also remembered his promise to Mertz—Liverpool would have to build another Hall of Fame.
Now he had fulfilled his promise. Liverpool's Hall of Fame at Stanley Park Stadium was more than twice the size of the Hall of Fame at Anfield, which was equivalent to building a new Hall of Fame.
The old man, who regarded football as his last belief and support in life, had a very happy and wonderful time in the last stage of his life.
When he was dying, Chen Yingxiong had visited him. His withered hand held Chen Yingxiong's hand, his lips trembled不停不停, and he struggled to say one last word: "Thank you."
He thanked Chen Yingxiong for making his last time so happy.
But actually, there was no need to say more.
Remember what people said about him below the legendary Shankly statue of Liverpool?
"He makes people happy."
Chen Yingxiong did it too.
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Chen Yingxiong was about to leave, but when he turned around, he saw someone walking over from a distance.
He didn't walk fast, slowly approaching Chen Yingxiong.
Only then did Chen Yingxiong see who it was.
And the other party also recognized him.
"I didn't expect to see you here, Yingxiong." Given Dougal was a little surprised when he saw Chen Yingxiong.
"I came here specially to tell Mr. Mertz that Liverpool's fifteenth Premier League title is about to be won." Chen Yingxiong said.
Hearing what Chen Yingxiong said, Dougal laughed: "I'm here to tell him that his favorite player is about to retire."
Chen Yingxiong was the mortal enemy of Everton fans, a thorn in their side. But he happened to have an Everton fan friend, that was Given Dougal.
The two met because they were looking for tickets for Mr. Mertz, and later became friends in the process of constantly visiting Mr. Mertz.
Sometimes Chen Yingxiong himself felt absurd—he had defeated Everton time and time again in the Merseyside Derby, but he could still have an Everton fan as a friend...
Now Dougal was almost seventy years old and had long since retired from the *Liverpool Echo*.
In the last few years of Mr. Mertz's life, Dougal had been by his side almost all the time.
Letting Mertz feel the warmth of human relationships in addition to football.
The fact that an Everton fan could treat a Liverpool fan like this made Chen Yingxiong particularly admired, so he was willing to be friends with such a person.
Everyone also knew about the relationship between Chen Yingxiong and Dougal. Because Chen Yingxiong never celebrated goals in the game against Everton, no matter how excited his teammates were, he didn't celebrate.
This made the media very strange, so everyone ran to ask him.
After more and more people asked, Chen Yingxiong told the relationship between himself and Dougal. He said that in order not to irritate his friend Mr. Dougal, he would not celebrate goals in the game against Everton.
The relationship between these two people was once praised as a good story.
Although Dougal and Chen Yingxiong were friends, Chen Yingxiong didn't plan to tell him the news that he was not retiring.
In this world, besides him, only one person knew, that was Samuel Mertz.
Dead people don't speak, so Chen Yingxiong told Mertz the news.
The two greeted each other, and Chen Yingxiong said goodbye. Dougal must have something to say to Mertz. These were words between two friends, and it was not convenient for him to listen next to them.
Leaving the cemetery, Chen Yingxiong looked back and could no longer see Dougal.
He thought to himself that Liverpool would have to build another Hall of Fame.
When he thought of that future, he couldn't help but smile triumphantly.
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From the end of the thirty-seventh round, Liverpool Football Club and Liverpool fans were preparing and looking forward to that game.
As if preparing for a grand festival.
In fact, this was definitely not a festival for Liverpool fans.
However, in the case of not being able to keep Chen Yingxiong, Liverpool fans could only make the best of the situation and treat it as a festival. This was really a last resort.
Many people brought their whole families, old and young, and called friends to go to Stanley Park Stadium to watch Chen Yingxiong's game.
In addition, there was also a media outlet that wanted to come and film a special documentary called "The Last Five Days of a Legend", hoping to get authorization from Chen Yingxiong and Liverpool Football Club.
When Chen Yingxiong heard what his agent Dekula said.
He was very surprised.
Then he immediately shook his head and refused.
Just kidding, he was not retiring, and he was going to film a documentary about his retirement. Wasn't this fooling people?
In the end, if he didn't retire, what would the TV station do?
So he could only refuse.
"Just tell them that we are going all out to prepare for the Champions League final at the end of the season and will not accept any form of exclusive interviews or interviews." Chen Yingxiong said to Dekula.
"Doesn't that mean all the interviews are..."
"Yes, all the interviews, any form, are rejected, rejected!" Chen Yingxiong waved his hand.
Media exposure was not worth anything to Chen Yingxiong at all. It was not like when he first debuted, begging the media to interview him and report on him. Now the media was begging him to accept interviews.
Whether or not he could get an interview opportunity completely depended on his mood.
No one dared to say that he was playing big, because he was qualified to play big. And if he knew that you said he was playing big, he would directly block your interview qualification...
Dekula found it strange. Why did Chen Yingxiong want to reject such a good opportunity to promote himself? And for him, it would not affect his preparation for the game for the crew to interview him. He didn't believe that Chen Yingxiong would really be disturbed by such a thing.
He asked the doubts in his heart.
Chen Yingxiong thought for a while and decided to tell Dekula his decision. This person was probably his closest comrade-in-arms. He could be absolutely trusted because they both shared a shocking secret.
In his twenty-four years of his career, this secret had never been revealed.
If even Dekula couldn't be trusted, then only dead people could be trusted in this world.
Thinking of this, Chen Yingxiong said: "Dekula. Are you willing to continue to be my agent?"
Dekula on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted.
His voice was a little surprised: "Yingxiong, you don't plan to retire?"
Chen Yingxiong hummed.
Then his eyes blurred, and Dekula had already appeared in front of him with his mobile phone.
Although he knew Dekula's ability, Chen Yingxiong was still taken aback: "Damn it! Can you please tell me before you come next time? If there are other people here, wouldn't we be stupid?"
Dekula smiled: "Don't worry, I know there's no one around you."
"You're spying on me!"
"Do I need to spy?"
Chen Yingxiong rolled his eyes. What this person said was still targeted.
Although the world was big, he could go to any corner in a flash, and he didn't need to spy on Chen Yingxiong.
Seeing Dekula appear in front of him, Chen Yingxiong realized that he hadn't hung up the phone yet, and then he hung up the phone: "What are you running here for?"
"I'm here to confirm this matter with you in person. You really don't plan to retire?" Dekula was a little eager.
Chen Yingxiong nodded: "I thought about it for a long time..."
"How long is a long time?"
"Okay...one night. I thought about it for one night. I found the motivation to continue playing, so I decided not to retire!"
"What is your new motivation?"
Chen Yingxiong shrugged: "Remember that Amoruso?"
Dekula nodded. Chen Yingxiong had asked him to confirm whether his system was unique. At that time, Dekula gave him a very affirmative answer: unique.
So Dekula was impressed by this person.
No wonder Chen Yingxiong had such doubts. After observing Amoruso's rise, Dekula was very surprised—he was too similar to Chen Yingxiong! Both of them were previously unknown, and then became famous overnight. Their growth trajectory was like a rocket rising.
His physical fitness was also similar to that of Chen Yingxiong back then, and his technical characteristics were also very similar.
This debut trajectory was also very similar to Chen Yingxiong's.
It was indeed easy for Chen Yingxiong to misunderstand.
Seeing Dekula nod, Chen Yingxiong said: "He once made wild remarks that he would break all my records at Liverpool. I felt that if I didn't teach this kid a lesson, I would have wasted so many years. People like Messi can't get any advantage in front of me, who does he think he is?"
"But you're already forty-one years old..."
"That's why it's a challenge. I'm twenty-one years older than him, but I want to suppress him so that he can't turn over. That's interesting."
After Dekula understood the whole story, he had no other opinions about Chen Yingxiong's decision not to retire.
"You don't object?" Chen Yingxiong was strange to Dekula's attitude.
"Why should I object?" Dekula said. "If you want to continue playing, I'll accompany you. Anyway, I have plenty of time."
Chen Yingxiong smiled when he heard this.
"Then let's continue playing! What do you think Amoruso will look like when he knows I'm not retiring?"
"It must be very exciting..."
"Hahaha! I think so too! I can't wait! Have you seen what those people have been saying recently? They are all driving me away in the name of missing me. I will give them all a surprise then! I hope they like it!"
"They would be damned if they liked it, Yingxiong..."
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