Although the reporter interviewing Bolt was very surprised by what Bolt said, he still asked what kind of result Fly could achieve if he participated in the 100-meter race?
"I can't be sure, because that video only showed speed within twenty meters," Bolt shook his head, but he finally added, "But I believe an athlete with such fast acceleration will definitely have a good 100-meter result, at least running under 10 seconds should not be a big problem."
After the interview with the world's fastest man, Bolt, was reported by the media, the incident of Fly's interview completely broke out of the circle.
You know, this point in time is exactly Bolt's peak.
At the World Championships in Berlin a year ago, the Jamaican runner ran the human 100-meter historical record of 9.58 seconds, greatly breaking the physiological limits of humans.
Under this halo, Bolt's remarks about speed are the absolute authority!
It can be said that at this point in 2010, even Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two superstar kings of football, could not compare in global influence to the black lightning representing the physiological limits of humans.
Especially in the China, since Bolt's 9.69-second world record was set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this directly led many Chinese to be very familiar with Bolt's name.
Through Bolt's indirect promotion, many Chinese also learned about the existence of this Chinese-mixed-race Fly.
This time, Fly completely broke out of the circle in China, no longer limited to the group of football fans.
Now that they knew about Fly, many Chinese began to dig deeper into his family background, personal information, and other things.
Then it was dug out that Fly had a father who was the world's richest ethnic Chinese, and it was also clearly revealed that his mother came from the old United States political family Adams.
As for his girlfriend, the music queen Taylor, because Taylor's fame had not yet risen in China at this point in 2010, apart from a small number of fans and those who followed American entertainment, most Chinese just sighed "How enviable to have a celebrity girlfriend" and didn't pay much more attention.
With Chinese ancestry, an unbelievably awesome family background, a celebrity girlfriend, plus the recognition of the world's fastest man Bolt, Fly's popularity in China reached an unprecedented level under the boost of these four buffs.
At this point in time, two years after the end of the Beijing Olympics, the psychology of the entire East Asian population was gradually shifting from the original "worship of foreign things and fawning on foreigners" to "national self-confidence."
At this crucial turning point, a young man like Fly, who had a Western background but Chinese blood, and who was also making huge waves in Europe and America, could be said to have completely hit the G-spot of the Chinese people.
Whether it was the public intellectuals who worshipped foreign things and fawned on foreigners, or the group of teenagers who were proud of their own nation.
They could all find resonance in Fly.
In the eyes of those who worshipped foreign things and fawned on foreigners, Fly had a mother born and raised in the United States, noble white ancestry, and a native United States blonde girlfriend, which undoubtedly made him a "higher race."
In the eyes of the masses with national self-confidence, Fly had a super awesome Chinese father and black hair symbolizing East Asians.
Although his eyes were not black, at least he didn't look so foreign.
Such a person made huge waves in Europe and America, and even dominated all foreigners in the football field ruled by foreigners, which was undoubtedly the most powerful counterattack against the "theory of inferior East Asian genes."
Today's Chinese desperately needed a compatriot who could stand out and make waves in Europe and America, and this spiritual sustenance was carried by Fly.
Even though Fly was not pure-blooded Chinese, the Chinese who were eager for world recognition still placed this simple national sentiment on Fly.
Especially Fly's special identity also allowed him to receive emotional sustenance without having to bear those moral bindings.
After all, no idiot would think that a mixed-race person who grew up in the West with a pure Western mother needed to do anything for China.
To be blunt, East Asians fundamentally didn't think that mixed-race people like Fly needed to serve their country like overseas Chinese.
Because the latter's country is indeed China, but for someone like Fly, it's hard to say.
He can only be said to have a certain blood relationship with the Chinese, just like Hungarians, many of whom have blood ties with East Asians, but how many Chinese think a Hungarian needs to serve China?
This is also the difference between Zhong Tasi and Jeremy Lin in the previous life.
Zhong Tasi, like Fly, is a fourth-generation Chinese descendant, with one side of his ancestors being Chinese who came from China.
But many fans, even Manchester United fans, didn't know that Zhong Tasi, who had caused them a lot of pain while playing for Manchester United, was actually of Chinese descent.
On the other hand, what about Jeremy Lin? Because he is a pure-blooded Chinese descendant, many Chinese have higher expectations of him, and some even hope that Jeremy Lin can be naturalized into the China men's basketball team.
But no one thought about naturalizing Zhong Tasi into the China men's football team.
This is the difference in thinking when dealing with different people.
Both are of Chinese descent, but one is mixed with foreign blood, and one is not, so they receive different treatment.
And Fly falls under the category of treatment similar to Zhong Tasi, except that compared to the latter, he is much more famous now, and many Chinese know his Chinese descent, and that's it.
Even a garbage department like the Football Association didn't even think about naturalizing Fly. It's conceivable that Fly's identity made this group of gluttons and drunkards, who usually only think about getting rich, know not to provoke him.
It can only be said that Fly's explosive remarks during this interview and Bolt's unintentional promotion have given Fly's commercial value and popularity an unprecedented boost!
Including the number of followers on social media accounts, which skyrocketed.
Twitter followers surged from the original 1.5 million to 2.5 million, taking less than two days in total.
This time, Fly completely broke out of the circle, and even had the momentum to compete with the two football superstar kings, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
By the time Fly learned of this news, it was already early the next morning.
His agent, Allen, had almost blown up his phone.
"Fly, do you know? This time you're really famous, the whole world knows your name," Allen's excited, slightly trembling voice came from the other end of the phone.
Fly picked his ears, completely confused, "What's famous? What happened that I don't know about?"
Allen spewed out a barrage of news like a machine gun, things like Bolt expressing admiration, sponsors from China coming forward one after another, and breaking out of the circle, which left Fly's head in a mess.
"Stop, stop, stop! Speak slower, don't choke yourself," Fly interrupted impatiently.
Finally, Allen described the current situation word by word.
Fly was completely stunned after listening.
Because he never expected that Bolt would mention him during an interview.
And he also recognized his speed, even believing that in terms of acceleration within a short distance, Bolt himself was no match for him.
To be honest, although Fly himself thought so, the fastest man in the world today... no, it should be said, the fastest man in human history, actually stated this frankly. One has to admit, Bolt is the true GOAT.
If Bolt hadn't said it himself, no one would have believed that Fly could outrun the lightning in the public's mind within twenty or thirty meters.
Thinking of this, Fly could only offer his Respect.
As for what happened next, it was very obvious.
In this era, for Bolt, who represents the limit of human speed, to point out that a non-100-meter track and field athlete is faster than him, even if this "fast" is limited to within thirty meters, it is an incredibly unbelievable thing.
As everyone knows, the fastest people in the world are those professional track and field athletes.
Even if people from other sports run faster or jump higher, no one would compare them with those professional track and field athletes, because such behavior is purely brainless provocation, only an idiot would do it.
Jordan in the NBA jumped high enough, right? How many people would say Jordan jumped higher than the high jump world record holder?
Bale in football is fast enough, right? How many people would say Bale runs faster than Su Shen?
These so-called high and fast are only limited to the sport they are in. If they were to compare across fields, they would immediately be turned into dregs.
But Fly was not like that this time!
He was directly compared across fields with the fastest man in the world, and the fastest man in the world personally admitted that Fly was faster than him in the first twenty meters.
The impact of such remarks on the world was too shocking, it can even be said to be an unprecedented shock in the sports world.
Although there have been athletes in the past who reached world-class levels in several sports simultaneously, such as Lewis, who won world championships in both sprinting and long jump.
Among them, the outdoor long jump record of 8.95 meters had not been broken until Fly's transmigration.
But this kind of cross-sport is, to put it bluntly, across the large field of track and field, which can still be somewhat understood.
However, an athlete like Fly, who directly crossed over from football to sprinting, had truly never appeared before.
Compared to those athletes whose cross-field performance was just passable, Fly went all out this time, going from being the top performer in the football field this season to a 100-meter final level athlete in the sprinting field.
The height of these two fields is at the peak of the pyramid. This completely unrelated cross-field directly made Fly a hot topic.
Before this, such a person had never appeared in human history.
Fly is one of a kind.
As the only one, rarity is precious, and so are people.
Fly's commercial value and attention naturally skyrocketed.
"Alas, my performance of scoring goals like crazy in the past few months is not as popular as a casual remark from Bolt, how realistic!"
Shaking his head, Fly couldn't help but sigh at the cruelty of the real world.
In all competitive sports, the winner takes all.
As the number one sprinter, Bolt's traffic crushes all other sprinters.
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as the two current kings of football, their traffic also far exceeds that of other players.
Before this incident, Fly was just a player with decent traffic below Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
But if you really compare him to these two, multiplying by ten is probably not enough!
But this time, with Bolt's assist, Fly's fame instantly rose to the same level as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, at least for a short period of time.
It can be said that from today onwards, before achieving significant accomplishments, Fly is a player whose fame far exceeds his strength, similar to Beckham.
This title will remain on his head until he achieves top honors.
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