Chapter 1

While the outside world was in an uproar over Chen Hero's impending transfer and the speech he gave to fans at the training base, Niang had secretly arrived in Naples and met with the Naples club manager, Bigon.

"Mr. Lu, your Liverpool side has put us in a very passive position this time!" Bigon complained as soon as they met.

Everyone knew that although the news originated from Barcelona's hype, it was indeed Liverpool's coach, Dalglish, who blurted it out in a moment of indiscretion. If he hadn't said anything, perhaps no one would have known until now that Naples and Liverpool had reached a secret agreement and completed the transfer transaction. When the mystery was finally revealed, who knows how many people would have their jaws drop.

Niang was also a little embarrassed. The source of Dalglish's leak was himself...

"This, I'm really sorry, Mr. Bigon..." Besides apologizing, he had no other choice.

Bigon waved his hand. "If you really want to apologize, go and tell your good friend Hero. He's probably under more pressure than anyone right now."

"I saw the Italian media reports when I came. I didn't expect things to develop like this... How is he?"

"He can't go anywhere except home and the training base. Fans are protesting and demonstrating in front of his house every day. All the media are discussing him. Every word he has said has been repeatedly searched through countless times with a magnifying glass, hoping to find new topics worth hyping up. The only good news is that Mazzarri says his form in training is still good."

Niang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

For Naples, it was good news that Chen Hero was still in good form, and it was also good news for him.

Because he knew that the prerequisite for this transfer deal to be completed was that Naples had to win at least one trophy. Otherwise, it would be void. This was something everyone had agreed on from the start. If Chen Hero couldn't bring a trophy to the team, letting Chen Hero go like this would put even more pressure on the Naples club, and they probably wouldn't be able to explain it to the angry fans at all. But if they could win at least one championship, it would at least divert the fans' attention. When everyone was happy, they wouldn't care whether the guy who wasn't popular in the first place was leaving or not.

If Chen Hero was affected by this incident and his form plummeted, ultimately leading to Naples' complete collapse in the Champions League and domestic league, Chen Hero wouldn't be able to leave Naples. At that time, whether it was Chen Hero himself, or Liverpool and Naples clubs, would have to bear tremendous pressure. Because Chen Hero had already fallen out with the Naples fans, even if he continued to stay, he would face endless harassment.

"I believe in Hero. This kind of thing shouldn't have too much of an impact on him..." Although worried in his heart, Niang still had to express his support for Chen Hero.

Bigon gave a dry laugh. "Let's hope so."

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Niang's visit to Naples this time was to finalize all the transfer agreement clauses with the Naples club. If both parties had no objections, they could sign now, and then just wait for the prerequisite to take effect—once the championship was in hand, this agreement would also take effect.

In addition to reaching an agreement with the Naples club, he also had to contact Chen Hero's agent, De Kula, to negotiate Chen Hero's personal contract.

In fact, the general framework of this contract had already been discussed, and only some details were left. But considering the good relationship between the two parties, reaching an agreement was not a problem.

In terms of weekly salary, Liverpool's captain and the soul of the Reds, Gerrard, had the highest salary in the team, at 140,000 pounds a week. Chen Xing promised to give Chen Hero a salary similar to Gerrard's. Even if there was a difference, it wouldn't be much. Considering the goal bonus... Chen Hero's income would definitely be the highest in Liverpool.

Considering how sensitive things were at the moment, Niang didn't plan to see Chen Hero, but out of concern between friends, he still called Chen Hero to say hello.

"Lu Niang, you're in Naples? Then I'll treat you to a meal!"

Hearing Chen Hero say this on the phone, Niang felt relieved.

Chen Hero's voice really didn't sound like there was anything wrong.

"Forget about treating me. I don't have much time anyway. But I'm very happy to hear you say that, haha! You're more optimistic than I thought, Hero."

"Why shouldn't I be optimistic? Nothing bad has happened. There are still two games left for the league title, and one game left for the Champions League title, and then the holidays will come, and I can go play everywhere. Why shouldn't I be happy?"

"But the recent storms..."

"Hey, compared to the situation when I first arrived in Naples, it's just a drop in the bucket! Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"

"Really won't affect your form, Hero? I don't think many people can maintain good form in such a storm..." Niang was still a little worried.

"Hehe, not only hasn't it, it's made me even better. I know who's behind this. Someone wants to see me make a fool of myself, so I'm holding my breath and waiting to see them make a fool of themselves. All they're doing is adding fuel to the fire in my chest. Don't worry, Lu Niang. I'll give you tickets for the Champions League final. Be sure to go to the scene and watch the show!"

Chen Hero had also said such things to his father before.

As soon as this incident happened, the domestic news reported the conflict he had with fans in the parking lot of the Volturno training base. The next day, he received a call from his home in China, from his father.

His father asked him if there were any problems, if he was in any danger, and also told him that his mother was very worried about him, and told him to pay attention to his safety, and not to go out if he could help it.

Chen Hero shared the ins and outs of the matter with his father, and then his father understood that someone wanted to see his son make a fool of himself.

"So, Dad, don't worry. You know what kind of temper I have, right? If someone slaps me in the face, there's no reason not to slap them back, right? Tell Mom not to worry either. The Naples police are always protecting my safety. Besides, Christine is always by my side, I'm fine."

Letting his mother worry about him meant this was no small matter. Chen Hero naturally blamed it all on Barcelona. If the Barcelona media hadn't suddenly hyped up this matter, how could these things have happened later?

He had never had such a strong murderous intent as he did now. What he told Lu Niang was all in his heart.

Therefore, Mazzarri found that Chen Hero's form in training had not declined but had increased. Although he didn't know how this happened, his heart was at peace.

Fortunately, Naples entered closed training, otherwise the murderous Chen Hero would not have escaped the eyes of those experienced reporters. Perhaps someone would have to re-evaluate the correctness of his plan...

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Niang's negotiations with De Kula only took half a day. In the afternoon, De Kula called Chen Hero and told him that the personal contract had been drafted and was just waiting for him to go to Liverpool for a medical examination and sign it.

Chen Hero's weekly salary was only 10,000 pounds less than Gerrard's. A weekly salary of 130,000 pounds was currently the second highest salary in Liverpool, and could be considered the first tier.

In addition, the Golden Globe bonus was 20,000 pounds per goal. Such a high Golden Globe bonus could be considered the first of its kind, so Chen Xing was really generous. Chen Hero had offended the Naples fans and came to join him, so he couldn't be stingy.

Other bonuses were also at the highest standard, so Chen Hero's income was actually higher than Gerrard's.

In terms of image fees, Liverpool didn't want any of it, and gave it all back to Chen Hero. This greatly benefited Chen Hero, who had a lot of advertising endorsement income every year.

After talking about business, the two talked about other things.

"If you do this, Hero, you may not be able to complete the 'Conquer Naples' mission..."

"Who cares!" Chen Hero curled his lips. "It's good that I don't want Maradona to come out and tell me what to do!" Maradona in the system seemed to have a grudge against Chen Hero as well, so Chen Hero didn't have much affection for Maradona in this system, and would rather not let him come out.

De Kula laughed. "About this matter... Vera has complained to me several times, saying that you shouldn't have said those things in the parking lot. You didn't think at all. It will only intensify the conflict and not solve the problem."

Chen Hero snorted. "What's it to her, the boss is doing things, why is she interfering? I'm telling you, I'm solving the problem. What's the use of her diplomatic rhetoric?" Chen Hero knew that he had been set up, and he was full of anger, which he would only be able to vent in the Champions League final. Think about it, a belly full of anger has been pent up in his heart, unable to vent it, how uncomfortable would that be? So now his mood was not very good, and he didn't have any good words for Vera, the beauty. "Instead of covering it up, it's better to tell them the truth directly. The Naples fans are really psychologically deformed. They are too immersed in the good old days, like drugs. Since it's drug rehabilitation, you have to use strong medicine and drastic measures. Some words are harsh, but they make sense. Some words sound very nice, but they are like farts, meaningless. Good medicine tastes bitter, the Italians don't understand this principle, no wonder they are barbarians!"

De Kula just smiled and didn't comment.

"Anyway, don't let Vera get involved in this matter, she'll make a mess of everything."

De Kula laughed loudly: "If Vera hears what you said, I don't know how depressed she will be..."

Chen Hero rolled his eyes: "I can't control that."

"Well, but now that you've made such a fuss in Naples, the Liverpool media is worried that you won't get along with the fans there either."

"I'm not a troublemaker... If they don't provoke me, why would I take the initiative to provoke them?"

De Kula thought: There is no more qualified and excellent troublemaker than you!