Chapter 602: Chapter 601: The First Lady Baroness of Manchester Personally Ennobled by Emperor Kai
PepsiCo and Manchester City had a wager.
If Manchester City won the English League Cup, PepsiCo would give a bonus.
If Manchester City did not win, PepsiCo could renew their contract with Manchester City for another year at a relatively cheaper rate.
Obviously, Manchester City won outright.
But PepsiCo didn’t lose either. After winning Manchester City’s favor, even though their contract price increased the next year, Manchester City still prioritized them.
The tremendous traffic effect that Manchester City generated this season meant that as long as they were willing to renew with PepsiCo, the price increase was definitely something PepsiCo could accept.
A steep increase!
Without a significant increase, PepsiCo wouldn’t feel secure!
This season’s popularity was in the top three of the Premier League.
What about next season?
However, this championship was ultimately born in February.
Various factors determined that its celebratory atmosphere couldn’t last very long.
So, soon, two new topics replaced the discussion of "Manchester City, the King of the League Cup."
The first topic was about Professor Wenger’s dissatisfaction with Deng Kai’s remarks, "I don’t know what right Deng Kai has to comment on the ownership of the Premier League championship as a player from a team ranked tenth in the Premier League."
"Arsenal is in great form this season, we have achieved a lot! We continued last season’s highlights and at one point early this season, we extended our unbeaten record to thirty matches! That’s a great achievement!"
"Even now, we are still three points ahead of Manchester United! And that is our biggest asset in winning the Premier League this season!"
"Manchester City was clever. They focused all their energy on the overlooked League Cup and thus won the championship."
"That’s worth celebrating, but in the real tally of honors, the League Cup doesn’t rank high!"
It’s hard to imagine, the always gentlemanly Professor Wenger, being so angry this time.
Even when Sporting Lisbon won against Ibrahimovic and disproved Wenger, Wenger maintained a pleasant demeanor.
As soon as the interview was released, two people laughed immediately.
One was Ferguson.
The other was Deng Kai.
And the reason they laughed was the same.
Ferguson accepted an interview with Soccer Wisdom that evening.
He elaborated on "Congratulations to Manchester City for winning the League Cup Championship, it’s a great achievement."
The emphasis was on elevating the value of the League Cup, suggesting it was even more important than the FA Cup.
But if that were really the case, Manchester United would have gone all out with their main squad.
So, Ferguson was purely courting favor with Deng Kai.
Knowing that Deng Kai hoped the first gem on his crown could shine a bit, he helped polish it.
You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. The next day, Deng Kai responded to Wenger on Soccer Wisdom, "To trigger usually calm Professor Wenger to criticize me, Manchester United must take full responsibility."
"Do you understand the pressure you have put on him?"
"You even caused him to lose sleep recently."
"The first thing Professor does every morning is check the Premier League standings."
"Arsenal being three points ahead of Manchester United is indeed Arsenal’s asset, but their lead has shrunk from eight points to three, and in the future... it will continue to decrease."
"Compared to Manchester United’s attitude towards the League Cup, Arsenal’s desire to win in the Premier League, Champions League, and FA Cup is the one that doesn’t make sense."
"Since the Professor mentioned their thirty-round unbeaten Premier League streak at the start of the season. Let me make things even clearer."
"At the start of the season, you had achieved a record unbeaten streak of thirty Premier League matches, which was Arsenal’s greatest reliance on winning the championship this season... morale!"
"But you should not have said afterward that you had hoped Arsenal could win the championship with an unbeaten record."
"While it certainly boasts, it also makes you realize at critical moments that you seem to lack a bit of luck."
"This gives yourself, the players, the fans, the opponents, everyone, a psychological suggestion."
"When you were leading by eight points, the power of this suggestion was minimal. But now... Aren’t you panicked? And that panic comes from knowing that you were not lucky enough this season!"
"If I have to believe in any deity in this world, I think it’s the goddess of luck. And Arsenal this season clearly hasn’t won her favor."
"As for me... I’ve always been quite favored by the goddess of luck!"
"That’s why I’ve only been debuting for four years, but the number of championships exceeds many players’ lifetimes. Because I respect luck!"
Deng Kai’s remarks, even most Arsenal fans would find amusing.
Are you telling tales?
Lady Luck?
However, these fans didn’t know, after listening to this interview, Mr. Wenger stayed alone in his office all afternoon.
When Henry, Bogkamp, Vieira, Pires, and other players, worried, pushed open Wenger’s office door, they saw a Professor looking haggard.
They swore, they had never seen such a haggard Professor.
The second thing that caught the attention of all of England was The Sun Newspaper.
The Sun Newspaper: "Emperor of Manchester City’s first decree after coronation! Personally titles Keira Knightley as the Baroness of Manchester City! With photo evidence!"
The photo of Deng Kai signing Keira’s was still captured.
While only the edge of Keira’s bra was captured, it was enough to let people know Deng Kai was signing on Keira’s chest.
This scene...
"No wonder Katie Price reacted so violently when she lunged at Deng Kai, and Keira had such a big reaction!"
"Ah! I told Hathaway earlier to keep an eye on Keira."
"Can’t help it, Hathaway spends a lot of time in the United States. Keira is English, she has many opportunities to meet Deng Kai."
The entire European and American entertainment circles were agitated because of this.
The relationship between Deng Kai and Keira began to be a topic of discussion for everyone.
Although they had actually accepted the fact that a man can have multiple girlfriends, they really wanted to see two female stars clash.
But then, Keira boldly displayed the signed bra on her own social media.
She tagged Katie Price: "Don’t be so proud just because you’ve got bigger breasts, and don’t belittle others’ breasts."
"Because even if your breasts are bigger, you’ll never get Deng Kai’s signature on your bra, understand?"
The two female stars indeed clashed.
However, it wasn’t Keira and Hathaway.
It was Keira and Price.
She let people know how long the anger of a flat-chested woman could last.
The previous spat between Keira and Price had already passed.
Yet, she still found a way to return the insults she had received before.
This brave and daring move was met with great applause from Europeans.
And Deng Kai’s behavior was more interpreted as "heading into danger for a friend" and "stepping in to help when seeing injustice."
The more upfront you are, the less likely people are to think negatively.
