Thinking of this, Fly immediately felt full of energy!
He wasn't afraid of being famous, nor was he worried about his fame not matching his ability; he was only afraid of not being famous.
This wave of interviews, for which he had made no preparation, actually yielded such unexpected results, which was something Fly had never anticipated.
"It seems I need to accept more interviews from reporters in the future. I really missed out on billions before!" Fly suddenly felt a bit regretful. He had many opportunities to be interviewed after previous matches, but Wenger disagreed, so he missed them all.
Now that he had tasted the sweetness this time, Fly would definitely continue.
As for those who attacked him on online media, Fly said he didn't care.
Once he proved himself, these people would immediately turn into 'tap water' (supporters) to clear his name.
After all, Fly had to admit that when an outsider heard his remarks, their first reaction would definitely not be belief. Thoughts like arrogance, not knowing his place, being brain-damaged, or having delusions would be normal.
There were almost no people who would seriously consider whether Fly's words were true!
Because how could a football player outrun a 100-meter track and field athlete? Do they really think those athletes are vegetarians!
Challenging someone's livelihood with your hobby almost always ends in a crushing defeat.
This is like on a certain short video platform in later generations, if someone claims they can run 100 meters in 10.5 seconds, maybe some people would believe them; but if someone claims they can run 100 meters in 10 seconds, there would definitely be a large number of people ridiculing them.
Comments like "How fast was the car opposite?" or "Are they still alive?" would definitely fill the comment section.
The reason for all this is that people subconsciously deny things that exceed their understanding.
Fly, as a football player, running faster than Bolt, is something that exceeds understanding, and the public subconsciously won't believe it.
Since people don't believe it, they will naturally curse the person involved.
Of course, when something is so far beyond understanding and yet it is true, the shock it brings to the public is equally exaggerated.
As a result, the traffic, popularity, fame, influence, and commercial value it brings to the person involved are enormous.
Fly was very clear that as long as he proved that what Bolt said was true and that the big claims he made were also true, what awaited him would definitely be overwhelming worship, attention, and disbelief.
This massive world-class event, which seemed to have no upper limit and which Fly felt could make almost everyone in every connected region of the world without major physical disabilities aware of it, he definitely had to seize it well and strive to manage this matter to the greatest extent possible.
Fly believed that if he utilized this public opinion storm well, the benefits it could bring him personally would be far greater than winning the Ballon dOr.
After all, the Ballon dOr is awarded every year, and apart from Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, other Ballon dOr winners haven't broken into the mainstream!
But if Fly proved to the world that, as a football player, he could run at the speed of the top five 100-meter runners, the shock this would bring to the world is far beyond what a Ballon dOr can compare to.
Fly hoped that through this event, the public's impression of him would no longer remain that of a football player, but a living god, the God of Sports.
Football, the sport with the most participants and greatest influence in the world, combined with track and field, which represents the physiological limits of humanity, if one person simultaneously possesses the crowns of both sports, wouldn't it be enough to be called the "God of Sports"?
Fly hoped that after he retired, the height he could reach would be that whenever people mentioned athletes, the first person they thought of was him.
Moreover, in all sorts of rankings, the name Fly would be subconsciously singled out by everyone, not placed alongside others like the God of Basketball Jordan, Tiger Woods, Boxing King Ali, or Football King Messi.
To put it bluntly, Fly is in a league of his own, other athletes are ranked from the second tier downwards. Fly is directly beyond the three realms and outside the five elements, not participating in any disputes, silently standing in the sky watching the show.
This is the height Fly wanted to reach in his professional career.
And this height, if he were just a football player, would be absolutely impossible to reach.
Because no matter how awesome football is, it's just a branch of sports. You can't convince basketball fans, boxing fans, or track and field fans to recognize the 'Football King' that football fans talk about; everyone has their own valid points.
But if there is a person who has achieved historical top results in multiple major cross-disciplinary projects, then he is naturally the undisputed GOAT of the sports world, the God of Sports.
And now such an opportunity is before Fly's eyes: 100 meters and football.
One is the most watched event at the Olympics, the pearl on the crown of track and field.
One is the most watched sport in the world, the number one sport with the largest fan base.
With his mind racing, Fly suddenly asked, "Allen, how should we operate to maximize the benefits of this public opinion storm? I don't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Allen was also a shrewd person and immediately understood what Fly meant by "good opportunity."
He knew very well that his employer wanted to take a shortcut to overtake Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and didn't want to build up qualifications game by game.
As for the specific operational procedures, Allen already had an idea, but before that, he had to confirm some basic facts:
"Fly, you have to tell me, when you said in the interview that your speed was only slower than Bolt and a very few others, was that really true?"
"Of course it's true. Is there any need to lie about something so easily exposed?" Fly was calm and composed. He knew his words were too explosive, and it was only natural for Allen to subconsciously disbelieve him.
"Have you privately measured your 100-meter speed? Can you run under 10 seconds? I remember that besides Black people, no one in the world can break the 10-second barrier."
"Don't worry, I won't lie to you. My fastest 100 meters is 9.7 seconds, I can normally run under 9.8 seconds, and even with poor performance, I can run under 10 seconds. I know exactly how fast I can run."
After Fly finished speaking, he clearly heard the sizzling sound of Allen taking a deep breath on the other end of the phone.
"Fly, you really surprise me. I never thought you could run so fast. Although I'm very curious how you did it without professional training, I know that's not my concern."
After expressing his shock, Allen quickly got to the point: "Although the public's criticism of you has decreased somewhat due to Bolt's statement, the doubts are still endless. In this situation, you must prove yourself in public."
Although Fly was mentally prepared, he still asked curiously, "When I competed in speed with Bale, didn't the on-site speed gun already record my speed? I remember it was about 23.4 kilometers per hour. Isn't that start speed fast?"
Fly knew that even'Su Shen', who was known as the "fastest in the first thirty meters" in his previous life, only had a speed of 23.6 kilometers per hour in the first twenty meters, only 0.2 kilometers per hour faster than the speed Fly measured on site.
Since Fly and Bale's speed duel was forced to stop after only twenty meters, Fly didn't know if his speed in the first thirty meters could challenge Su Shen's 29 kilometers per hour.
But one thing he was certain of was that even Bolt, who ran 9.58 seconds, wasn't as fast as him in the first twenty meters of the race where he set the world record.
Why did he still need to prove himself in public when his speed had already been recorded by the on-site speed gun?
Allen shrugged and said helplessly, "There's no way. The speed shown by the speed gun was too outrageous; hardly anyone believed it."
"Some people even think your father paid money behind the scenes and the data on the speed gun was temporarily modified in the background."
Hearing this, Fly rolled his eyes, completely speechless.
It seems that when someone has too good a family background, it makes people feel that there's a conspiracy behind everything that person does. Isn't this also a form of discrimination?
If Fly were an ordinary person with no background, most people would probably believe the data measured by the on-site speed gun.
At worst, they would suspect the on-site speed gun was broken, instead of taking it for granted that an ordinary player paid the background staff money.
"Sigh, I originally wanted to get along with everyone equally, so why does everyone think I have ill intentions?" Fly said he was being discriminated against and wanted to protest!
It precisely echoed the line spoken by Shen Gongbao in Nezha 2: The prejudice in people's hearts is like a great mountain.
Fly deeply felt the prejudice of the general public towards him.
"Alright, I understand. So tell me what we should do, I'll listen to you." Fly still trusted the agent his mother had specifically hired.
"Here's the plan: just play football normally recently, and ignore media interviews for now. I'll contact the Guinness officials to come to your training base to test you, how about that?"
Hearing this, Fly felt that the credibility of the Guinness officials was very high, so he agreed.
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