Chapter 330 Off-site violence
In recent days, with this worry, Wang Li went in and out of the villa and the training ground.
In fact, these reporters who have the ability to enter the wealthy area of Fulham to shoot are by no means comparable to ordinary tabloid reporters. The biggest difference is that they are not interested in Wang Li’s general living conditions at all. Since they can enter here, their purpose is naturally to shoot bigger news, so that they can take the initiative in the vigorous media war, gain greater voice, and strengthen their influence in England.
This is their real purpose of coming here.
So, what big news about Wang Li is most worth digging out?
In the Chelsea team, Wang Li is a super striker. He has a high efficiency in scoring goals on the court. Whether it is the internal games in England, the European Champions League, or the previous performance of the national team, his performance can almost be said to be perfect. Almost everyone in England knows this, so he now has such high popularity and influence.
In this case, although reporting on some of Wang Li's football-related matters would also interest the fans, it was a mass-type report. There was nothing surprising about it, because in terms of football, there was so much news to be dug up about Wang Li. Even for ordinary tabloids, although they could not get the right to interview Chelsea, since Wang Li ran back to his home from Chelsea every day, these tabloid reporters also had the opportunity to interview him.
These reports, then, clearly do not amount to news that could increase influence in England.
Therefore, the topic must turn to Wang Li's private life.
Private life includes many aspects, such as Wang Li’s car, what he likes to eat besides training, what other sports he does, etc., but undoubtedly, the focus of everyone’s concern is still his gossip.
For example, Lampard, this playboy has recently become the talk of all media because of his new girlfriend. This is the influence of gossip news.
Since Wang Li gradually became famous in England, apart from his public romance with Princess Angela, or some local tabloids' fabricated and groundless reports of his ambiguous relationship with his agent, there have been almost no other reports. This has not only made many English fans admire Wang Li's decent private life, but also made his image in the hearts of English female fans more and more perfect.
Young, rich, promising, handsome... and without any scandals, could anything be more perfect than this?
In this case, if Wang Li's private relationship with a certain girl was uncovered, what could be more popular than this? The English media was by no means a perfectionist supporter of creating stars. Their purpose of praising Wang Li was naturally to increase sales. If they could add some insignificant stains to this perfection and increase the sales of their newspapers, even the Fulham Post, which always followed Chelsea's lead, would not mind.
What's more, many media outlets are born "anti-Ai factions". They have always wanted to dig up some gossip to discredit Wang Li and increase their persuasiveness. Among them, The Guardian is the leader.
When mentioning The Guardian now, almost all English football fans know that it is a newspaper that specializes in slandering Wang Li. Almost no one believes many of their reports on Wang Li in football, because Wang Li has proved their mistakes with his perfect performance time and time again. This has made them less and less competitive in English sports news. If they suddenly change their banner and use the slogan of supporting Wang Li, this may be able to restore some influence, but it will definitely be a loss of face and the gain will outweigh the loss. Although the fans do not care about this, at least in the news industry, their voice will become less and less.
For foreign media, each one must have a firm stance, otherwise they will be rejected by the public. Even some local tabloids use surprise attacks as their way of survival, although these "surprise attacks" are often fabricated.
Today, at around 9 o'clock in the evening, under the bright lights of London, Wang Li returned to the villa alone again.
Many players like to spend their nights in the North End of London, which is a paradise for the middle class. Many streets are lit with red lights, indicating that there are hostesses in many shops who are there to accompany these lonely men overnight. Of course, they need to be paid.
Although Wang Li was also very tempted by this, he was not interested in these girls. With his current fame, if he was caught by the media doing this, it would definitely be a huge scandal. Although Taoist philosophy teaches one to follow one's heart, the rise of hormones alone cannot make him ignore these influences.
Just as Wang Li was standing in front of the door, picking up the key and preparing to open the door as usual, he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the garden next to him. He turned his head and stared in that direction, shook his head helplessly, and looked at the Coke bottle in his hand, and suddenly he felt like playing a prank.
He kicked the key back into his trouser pocket, shook the can with his right hand, which had little Coke left, and squeezed it with his left hand. The poor can shrank, then he threw the can up, turned around, and swung his right foot for a shot.
"~~~~~~~hold"
"Oh my god how can you just throw things around"
Suddenly, a voice was heard from a corner of the villa. Wang Li curled his lips into a sly smile and looked at a figure carrying a camera walking towards him.
He was a white guy in casual clothes.
He was still covering his forehead with one hand, with a painful expression on his face. A few drops of water were still flowing down his hair. It was obvious that Wang Li's footwork was good and the can hit him.
"Are you always like this at home? How can you throw things around?" After coming in front of Wang Li, the young man asked while taking a breath.
Wang Li waved his hand and said, "This is my home. I have the right to put things wherever I want."
Faced with the indifferent expression of the black-haired boy in front of him, the white guy could only swallow his anger. In fact, from the perspective of English law, he trespassed into someone else's territory. Even if he was shot directly, Wang Li would not be held responsible. This was a form of self-defense.
He reluctantly put down the camera, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is York Sunderland."
Wang Li ignored his outstretched right hand, but shook his head and said calmly: "I want to ask why you appeared in my house?"
Sunderland put his hand down awkwardly, pointed at the camera next to him, and said, "It's obvious, isn't it?"
"Then you should be on the road instead of here. You should know that I have a shotgun in my room, and I can't guarantee that I won't kick you out the next moment." Wang Li ignored Sunderland's words and spoke threateningly. What he hated most now was reporters who didn't respect other people's private lives. He would feel that no one had any sense of security.
Moreover, Wang Li was extremely unhappy when he saw the indifferent expression of the English boy in front of him.
However, Sunderland didn't seem to notice the change in the black-haired boy's demeanor. He just waved his hand indifferently and said, "You should learn to adapt to this. There will be more reporters like me in the future."
"Adapt? So you're telling me to be patient? But this is my home, and I can consider you a personal threat to me."
Hearing what the black-haired boy said, Sunderland acted indifferent. In fact, he was a professional paparazzi member of The Guardian, a reporter who specialized in secretly photographing the lives of celebrities. This job allowed him to get close to celebrities of all kinds of personalities, but they had one thing in common: they were afraid of trouble, especially when it came to the private lives of these players. They would always make a big deal out of a small matter, or make a small matter nothing. So in his opinion, the black-haired boy was just bluffing.
Thinking of this, Sunderland also became arrogant and said, "So what? Mr. Allen, do you really want to kick me out? I don't think it will do you any good..."---
"Ouch!"
Before Sunderland finished speaking, Wang Li had already taken action. He grabbed Sunderland's clothes with both hands and threw him to the door of the villa like garbage. Sunderland's body flew at least 4 meters in the air before landing on the ground, and he also left a long distance on the ground.
After he fell to the ground, he couldn't get up.
"I'll call a doctor for you."
After saying this, Wang Li picked up the camera with both hands, threw it next to Sunderland with a "bang", turned around, opened the door and walked in.
He didn't care what happened next.
In fact, there is nothing strange about Wang Li's behavior, both from his own perspective and from a legal perspective. He is not afraid of the subsequent troubles or the media's confusing right and wrong remarks. You know, there are cameras everywhere in this villa community, and he doesn't need to make any excuses for the cause of the incident.
As long as this incident happened within the scope of his villa, all laws and morals were on his side.
Actually, Wang Li was not impulsive. After these days, he was very angry with these paparazzi. Moreover, these people were getting more and more aggressive. If they were not punished, they might break into his house and take pictures in a few days. Just imagine that when he went to bed at night, he had to worry about the camera in the window. That was too bad.
So, this can be considered as killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
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The Guardian responded quickly. Just the next morning, when Wang Li had just arrived at Chelsea Club, he received a summons from the London court.
However, under English law, the accused has a certain degree of personal freedom. Although The Guardian has taken Wang Li directly to court in order to stand up for its own people, as long as he pays a certain amount of bail, he still has a great deal of personal freedom, at least before the court's decision, and the London Police will not intervene in this matter.
In any case, Sunderland did not suffer any serious damage. This is not a serious matter and does not constitute a crime at all.
The biggest reason why The Guardian made such a big fuss was probably to make a big deal out of the incident, put itself in the position of a victim, win the sympathy of the public, and discredit Wang Li to increase the sales of its own newspaper.
Because of Sunderland's relationship, The Guardian was the first to get the news. In the newspaper, there was a picture of Sunderland with a thick bandage on his right leg and a painful expression on his face. That expression was very sympathetic. They made a very 'detailed' report on this incident. The headline on the front page the next day was "Alan Wang has violent tendencies - statement of innocent victim York Sunderland." ---
"Yesterday, I just passed by his house, but Alan rushed up to me like crazy, pressed me to the ground, and started punching and kicking me. Although I looked strong, I had no ability to resist. I kept saying 'stop, stop', but he kept hitting me."
"All the injuries on my body were caused by him. I believe that the laws in England are equal. Although I am just a small person, I also have the right to protect my personal safety."
"...I won't let it go like this. He needs to apologize to me and compensate me for my losses." Sunderland looked at the broken camera next to him and continued, "There is a lot of important information in it. I demand compensation."
Sunderland has not received any compensation yet, but The Guardian has seen a surge in sales thanks to this report
As the report came out, more media outlets learned about the incident, and soon the story was reposted on the Internet. Within a day, the news swept across England.
fight
At this time, many moralists appeared, and they kept saying that they were "against violence". This was a matter of standing in line. Some media joined the Guardian's camp without hesitation. They held high the banner of standing up for the "victims", and reports were soon released one after another.
"Allen's violence on the field turns into off-field violence" --- The Daily Telegraph
"Allen Wang vs. York Sunderland, Allan wins" --- Financial News
"To resist violence we need a safe environment" --- London Morning Herald
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Most of the above media and newspapers are the pioneers of the "anti-AIDS faction" and they all received the news at the first time. In fact, Sunderland himself is a reporter for The Guardian, and their newspaper headlines are mostly biased towards the victims. Such reports can also make readers sympathize. After all, Sunderland is also a physical victim.
However, other newspapers that support Chelsea and Wang Li made very calm analyses. For example, on the official website of The Sun, their title was "Pursuing the Truth of the Facts" ---
"Yesterday, a violent incident occurred in the Stamford Bridge area of Fulham. The protagonists of the incident were Alan Wang and a reporter from The Guardian. Many people put Alan in the position of a violent perpetrator, but the truth of the matter still needs to be determined by the court. We believe that Alan is by no means a supporter of violence."
Sky Sports, Fulham Post, Sportsweek and other media supporting Chelsea have also made some relevant analysis to refute the views of the "anti-Ai faction".
At this moment, for England's representative media, it is an event of taking sides. As England's representative media, they cannot be neutral. You know, in England, both political parties and media are divided into factions, and being neutral often does not bring any benefits.
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Soon, the gate of Chelsea club was surrounded by media reporters, who all wanted to interview the whole story. Chelsea responded quickly. In the afternoon of the same day, Mourinho announced a press conference to clarify the matter.
At the press conference, the protagonist Wang Li appeared. Unlike most people thought, he would have a dull expression. Instead, he looked indifferent, and even had a smile on his face. Facing the cameras of many reporters, he talked about the Guardian's report.
"That report is a complete slander. Sunderland is a big liar and The Guardian is an accomplice who only knows how to extract profits." The opening remarks were very sharp, and this sentence directly made the Guardian reporter in the audience want to refute, but as soon as he stood up, he was "friendly" asked to leave by Chelsea staff.
"In fact, I did. It happened in my home. Now you can imagine what happened."
"When I got home around nine o'clock in the evening, I found that man in my house. I thought he was a thief, so I threw him out. Unfortunately, I didn't have a shotgun at the time." Wang Li said with a look of regret on his face.
"…Perhaps you can go interview the property management company. They should have surveillance video."
"...I believe that the laws of England will protect private interests. I am acting in self-defense."
After saying this, Wang Li walked out of the press conference directly and went to the training ground to continue participating in the team's daily training. If this incident happened in a country with an imperfect legal system, he might be in some trouble, but England attaches great importance to the protection of private interests. As long as the incident happened in his home, even if Sunderland suffered serious injuries, the fault would not be attributed to him.
Although Wang Li is gone, the press conference is far from over
Chelsea will not let go of The Guardian, which has been slandering them. They will not let go of any opportunity to strike back at the media that opposes Chelsea. Now, with the Guardian's report that distorts right and wrong, how could they let it go easily?
"...We will hold all responsibilities accountable. To those media who always talk nonsense and increase sales by slandering Chelsea players, we can only say - see you in court." At the end of the press conference, Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon said word by word.
Everyone present knew that the Guardian was in trouble.
However, this made the remaining reporters excited. There is nothing more refreshing than seeing a competitor in crisis. After this press conference, everyone knew that this seemingly simple fight had been elevated by Chelsea to the level of safeguarding rights. Chelsea VS The Guardian, this was definitely a spectacular PK.
If what happened was really as that black-haired boy said, then The Guardian was definitely at a complete disadvantage.
Now, all they need to do is watch this drama continue to play out. As for the issue of taking sides, I am afraid that no brainless media will stand firmly on the side of The Guardian now.
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