276 Poaching Part 1 (2/2)

When asked why Manager Tony Twain was chosen as the spokesperson, the head of SI said, ”We followed the Forest team's movements in the last summer transfer market very closely, and discovered an amazing coincidence: Tony Twain's picks were identical with our game developers' picks. At that time, FM05 was not on sale yet on the market, but the new Wonderkids inside the game were always the ones Mr. Twain had his eye on. Maybe that's not the right way to put it, but I can't think of a more appropriate statement. FM is about emulating the real football environment in the digital world, and Mr. Twain is playing FM in the real football world.”

Twain smiled as he listened to the compliment, and said in his heart, ”That's right, I am playing FM!”

At the end of the press conference, the reporters did not disperse. Instead, they followed Twain to the advertising shoot. SI did not stop them because it was an opportunity for free publicity. Why would they give that up?

When Twain was posing according to the photographer's requirements on the set, although the door was closed and nothing could be seen, there was still a large crowd of reporters outside, waiting to interview Twain after he was done.

Truthfully, Twain enjoyed this lifestyle now. Most of his desires that he had had when he had first arrived had been realized: to become a real football manager, to become a public figure, for his every word and action to be followed with interest, to be liked by some and hated by others… He remained calm throughout because he knew how everything came about now.

To solidify that life, he had to lead the team to win continuously and bring home championship trophies. He had seen too many examples of people who were glorious one day and forgotten the next; he did not want to be such a loser.

He still had a lot of victories which he had not achieved yet, and he still had not won a lot of championship trophies. He also had a lot of powerful opponents that he still had not played against, and his coaching career had just begun.

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Today was the first day of Forest team's resumed training after the FA Cup. The sun made a rare appearance in the sky. Twain was in a good mood, having just finished his first advertisement in his life. On his way to the Wilford training base with Dunn, he bought a copy of the newspaper with his photograph on it. They looked at it as they strolled along, and when they reached their destination, he also read the newspaper report about Twain's trip to London yesterday.

After parting ways with Dunn on Wilford Lane, one of them went northward, and the other walked southward.

The weather was nice, and his mood was good. Twain did not go directly to the training ground, but circled around to see Eastwood first.

”Hey, Chief! Good morning!” Eastwood beckoned to greet Twain, while holding a newspaper in his hand with Twain's picture on it.

Even though Eastwood had become the star player of everyone's focus, he still lived in a caravan in the training base and did not feel that it was at odds with his star footballer status. He did not care about how other people talked about or viewed him. Twain was very glad to have such clear-headed players in his team.