For a time, the reporters of Fleet Street, like sharks smelling blood, swarmed forward.
After the match, Fly couldn't help but smile wryly when he learned of Wenger's statement to the media.
"They all say the environment influences a person. Could it be that Arsène Wenger was influenced by me? This is completely my speaking style..."
If Wenger's domineering statement were placed on Fly, it wouldn't feel out of place at all.
Because Fly is just such a person!
But for the person saying these words to be Wenger, it made people feel very strange.
"The Times: Dominant Arsène, this season's Premier League title has already gone to Arsenal"
"Daily Mail: Arsène openly declares war on Alex, Premier League tensions reach a climax"
"Manchester Evening News: Arsène's remarks are too arrogant, please respect the Premier League overlords"
"The Sun: Fly passionately interacts with Taylor on his 18th birthday, Golden Boy and Jade Girl's relationship heats up again"
...
January 6th.
The twenty-second round of the Premier League kicked off, with Arsenal hosting visiting Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.
Before this match, the Golden Boy Award official would present the Golden Boy Award to Fly before the game started.
Logically, the award should have been presented in December.
However, due to the sudden cold snap which caused more than half of Arsenal's December matches to be fewer, the original award ceremony was also postponed until before Arsenal's first home match in January.
Due to the news leaked before the match, there were a great many media outlets present at the scene.
Everyone wanted to witness Fly's first major award in his life.
Wearing Arsenal's red and white home kit, facing 50,000 fans and hundreds of media outlets, Fly received the golden spherical trophy from the presenter.
Since this was the first time Fly had won a major award in his life, Taylor came directly onto the pitch and held up the Golden Boy Award with Fly.
Facing the frantically flashing lights, Taylor's expression seemed even happier than Fly, the award recipient himself.
"Hani, you're amazing, let me see... Oh my god, this trophy is really beautiful, much better looking than my trophies..."
Hearing his woman's exaggerated words, Fly smiled and said to her:
"Darling, I'll try my best to bring you an even more beautiful trophy around this time next year, also a golden spherical trophy."
Hearing this, Taylor immediately realized what the "golden spherical trophy" her man was referring to was.
Wasn't it the Ballon dOr, the highest individual honor in the field of football?
Because of her man, Taylor had specifically learned about the highest honors in football.
She knew very well that one of her man's goals in football was the Ballon dOr, the highest individual award.
Thinking of this, Taylor leaned into Fly's ear and whispered:
"Okay, I'll try to get a few golden trophies too, and we can swap, how about that?"
The golden trophies in the music world basically refer to the "Golden Gramophone" of the Grammy Awards.
Fly didn't remember if Taylor had won a Grammy Award this year; he seemed to recall she hadn't.
But he definitely wouldn't say it; maybe he remembered incorrectly.
Even if he hadn't remembered incorrectly, saying it would only make Taylor feel that her man looked down on her.
At that time, this strong-willed woman would definitely make things difficult for Fly, and Fly didn't want to bring trouble upon himself.
"Okay, darling, I remember, you got this~~~"
"Haha, don't worry, elder sister believes her chances of getting a golden trophy aren't any smaller than your chances of getting the Ballon dOr."
Taylor said this with an arrogant expression, clearly showing the initial signs of her queenly demeanor from her previous life, now that she was a money-making machine.
Seeing Taylor and Fly, this golden couple, whispering to each other in front of everyone, the host who was preparing to conduct the interview couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.
Brother and elder sister, I'm just saying, could you look at me?
You're completely ignoring me, how am I supposed to conduct the interview later?
Muttering a few complaints inwardly, and looking at the excited expressions of the cameramen on site, the host didn't want to spoil the mood.
Clearly, Fly and Taylor's whispering was exactly what these cameramen wanted.
After all, just this video clip could spark widespread discussion online.
Netizens would be curious, what were Fly and Taylor talking about?
Looking at how happy they both were, it seemed like they were talking about something very Happy?
Could they know?
All sorts of guesses would definitely pop up on the internet, and these discussions and speculations would undoubtedly bring popularity and traffic.
This was the current level of fame for the couple Fly and Taylor.
They just needed to stand together in public to make newspapers sell out, and topping the social media trending list was as simple as eating and drinking.
The host naturally couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the netizens and the public, so he could only wait on the side.
Fortunately, Taylor and Fly were very sensible people and wouldn't talk about private matters in public for a long time.
Seeing Fly look towards him, the host finally spoke the speech he had prepared for a long time.
"Fly, hello, congratulations on winning the Golden Boy Award. This is the first major award of your career. What are your thoughts?"
Fly held the Golden Boy Award and looked at it for a couple of seconds, then handed it to Taylor beside him, saying lightly:
"Very excited. Winning the Golden Boy Award means that the media and the public are very optimistic about me. It's my honor."
Seeing no trace of excitement on Fly's face, the host inwardly muttered "hypocritical" and then continued to ask:
"Fly, now that you've won the Golden Boy Award, what are your next goals?"
Fly didn't hesitate at all and said directly:
"Our goal this season is to win the League title and the Champions League title, and my personal goal is to win the European Golden Shoe and the Champions League Golden Boot."
"As for this year's goal..."
Speaking of this, Fly deliberately paused, looked at the Golden Boy Award in Taylor's hand beside him, and vowed:
"I hope to be able to get a bigger trophy around this time next year, a golden spherical trophy..."
Hearing this, the host immediately realized that Fly was talking about the Ballon dOr, his eyes lit up, and he quickly asked:
"Fly, so you mean your goal is to win next year's Ballon dOr, right?"
Fly shook his finger, said several "NO"s in a row, and corrected: "Not next year's Ballon dOr, it's this year's, 2011's..."
"Uh..." The host quickly realized his mistake in his words, inwardly grumbled about Fly nitpicking, but still nodded and admitted:
"Sorry, I had a slip of the tongue just now. It's this year's. So, Fly, your goal is to win this year's Ballon dOr, is that right?"
"Of course!"
Fly chose to act profound and like an expert, answering the question with a single word.
"So Fly, how confident are you in winning this year's Ballon dOr?"
Facing this question that could easily offend people, Fly didn't think too much and said directly:
"In my heart, I think it's 100%, but to show my humble side, I choose to answer 90%, which can also be considered as accumulating some good karma for myself."
Hearing Fly's reply, the host was completely stunned...
No, big brother, who among humble people would say "I need to be humble"?
Also, being low-key to accumulate good karma, who would specifically say "I need to be low-key to accumulate good karma"?
As soon as these words were spoken, they were even more arrogant than directly bragging!
However, even though he thought this, the host still praised him verbally:
"Oh my god, Fly, you are really too confident, 90%, incredible. You know, there is only one recipient of the Ballon dOr every year."
"You say you have a 90% chance of winning the Ballon dOr, which means all other players combined only have 10%. Is that what you mean to express?"
Hearing such an obvious trap question, Fly glanced at the host and pretended to be helpless:
"Buddy, wouldn't interviewing like this make other players hate me?"
"I don't want to stir up controversy for no reason, and I'm not interested in making enemies of everyone. I still hope to make friends widely..."
Being exposed so directly by Fly, the host couldn't help but laugh awkwardly.
Finally, at the prompting of the staff on site, the Golden Boy Award ceremony was declared over.
Next was the match between Arsenal and Manchester City.
After Fly handed the Golden Boy Award to Taylor, the two kissed each other, and then Fly ran back to the locker room to prepare for the match.
Taylor, on the other hand, held her man's trophy and went all the way back to the VIP box.
After returning to the locker room, Fly was immediately teased by Wilshere and a few others.
"Fly, your statement just now will definitely cause a huge media explosion, just wait and see..."
Although Wilshere and the others were not present at the scene just now, Fly's statement was still spread through the mouths of the staff.
"Haha... it doesn't matter. With my current popularity, I could probably just sit there and space out and still be hyped up by the media. I'm used to it."
Fly shrugged, deliberately putting on a helpless tone, which made Wilshere and the others itch with frustration.
"Fly, you annoying guy, you're really infuriating. If I weren't still hoping to ride on your coattails, I'd really want to beat you up!"
Wilshere put his arm around Fly's neck and made a "throat-slitting" gesture.
Regarding the phrase "ride on your coattails," Arsenal players joked about it like this in private.
No choice!
In the past few months, they had all been convinced by Fly. Almost all Arsenal players believed that the current performance of Arsenal this season was because of Fly.
After all, this group of them had already been at Arsenal before this season, they weren't new additions this season.
Using the controlled variable method, one could also conclude who was the reason for Arsenal's transformation now.
Even the newcomers like Varane and Hazard didn't think it was their credit.
After all, no matter what kind of genius they were before coming to Arsenal, at a Premier League giant like Arsenal, they were just ordinary players...
Apart from the outstanding Fly, the performance of the other new players this season was just average.
There was nothing particularly brilliant about their performance, it could only be said that they weren't detrimental.
The outside world only gave these few signings of Arsenal a "B+" rating.
To put it bluntly, it was decent, but not very good.
Of course, this was also because Fly himself was a product of Arsenal's youth academy and didn't fall under the category of signings.
Otherwise, Arsenal's transfer operations this summer could only be given a perfect score of "A+".
And this was only because the upper limit for a perfect score was "A+", otherwise giving an "S" would also be quite reasonable.