Chapter 436: The Greatest Enemy of 21st-Century Banking: Tom Assassinated by a Hitman

Dongqiu Di pinned post: Manchester United vs. Wolves match in progress, current score 1:1, Tang Ye and Neves trade world-class strikes.

For some reason, it feels like the number of world-class strikes in Manchester United's matches has increased since the start of this season.

Whose fault is this!

The camera cuts to Tang Ye on the pitch, who has just finished celebrating.

Don't ask ggbond.

Because ggbond wouldn't know.

"Well done!"

Allegre is extremely excited right now.

With the score at 1:1, there is finally hope of winning.

"It's not over yet, it's not over yet!"

Tang Ye emphasizes this point.

He intends to beat Wolves, not to draw.

Three points are greater than one point; this is a principle even elementary school students know, let alone a diligent student like ggbond.

"Tang Ye!"

Several fans in the lowest tier of the stands shout Tang Ye's name loudly.

Tang Ye raises his eyebrows and gives a thumbs-up.

The fans immediately start screaming.

"What did you say?"

Allegre asks, puzzled.

"Uh... I didn't say anything."

Tang Ye scratches his head while Rodri offers his analysis at this moment.

"They probably think the thumbs-up means reversing the score."

Reversing the score is certainly a good thing.

But the bad thing is that Tang Ye has been over-interpreted by the fans.

The pressure is mounting!

The second half enters the 65th minute!

At this point, Manchester United's possession rate has begun to drop, yet the situation on the field still favors Manchester United.

Moving to the left, Tang Ye plays a through ball to Ziyech; after Ziyech passes it back, he continues his run.

Ziyech wants to continue combining with Tang Ye, but Tang Ye does not do so, choosing instead to pass the ball to Lin Lin Jiade at the far post.

"Lin Lin Jiade!"

"Hey, that shot went a bit too wide."

Lin Lin Jiade's shot fails to hit the frame of the goal!

Huff, huff!

Standing still and gasping heavily, obvious fatigue fills Tang Ye's body.

He is not the only one; most players on the field are in this state now, something football players must endure in the second half.

Boom!

Patricio kicks the ball long from inside the penalty area directly forward, and chaos suddenly erupts on the pitch.

After gaining control, Otto chips the ball into the penalty area.

Costa heads the ball to Jimenez!

"Oh!!"

Boom!

Jimenez unleashes a powerful header, but the problem is that he was simply too far from the goal when he shot.

With such a long reaction time, De Gea would never give him a chance.

Catch the ball!

"Forward, forward!"

Spotting Tang Ye already making a forward run, De Gea throws the ball and immediately launches a long aerial pass.

The pass is actually quite good.

Hey!

Tang Ye turns, stumbles backward while controlling the ball with his chest, then spins around immediately.

Controlling this ball is already quite difficult, yet Tang Ye has added an extra layer of difficulty for himself.

Because he wants to settle the ball perfectly within an extremely short timeframe!

Boom!

The long pass goes directly to Lin Lin Jiade in the attacking third.

Lin Lin Jiade controls the ball with his thigh!

Followed by a volley!

Boom!

Goal!

"Haha!"

Stopping in his tracks, Tang Ye raises both hands to celebrate.

As expected, Manchester United is still the stronger side!

"United! Man United!"

The Mancheng players gathered together, and Tang Ye reached out, quickly rubbing Lin Lin Jiade's hair.

Of course, that is not enough!

Tang Ye was seen holding Lin Lin Jiade's head with his hands and shouting loudly.

"Jesse!!!"

"Oh shit!"

Lin Lin Jiade stepped back: "Haha."

"..."

"Although trailing in the first half, the Mancheng players quickly adjusted their tactics and overtook the score in the second half."

"At present, Mancheng's advantage is growing larger and larger. If Wolves cannot reduce their mistakes, they may find the remaining time quite difficult..."

Check Dongqiu Di match report: Tang Ye scored directly from a free kick, Mancheng overturned Wolves 2-1 to maintain a perfect record across all competitions in September. (23,752 comments)

【I now only wish to praise the greatness of Tang Tang Qiuwang】

【I feel that even with Rashford suspended, Mancheng will still be affected】

【Doesn't matter; whether Rashford is there or not, we win】

Crack crack!

In the mixed interview zone, Tang Ye received the Player of the Match trophy and then accepted an interview from a local English reporter.

The reporter asked Tang Ye to briefly share his thoughts on the match.

Um... this question was still somewhat difficult for Tang Ye.

"We wanted to establish an advantage as quickly as possible, so we started playing very aggressively, but it was a pity that Neves scored a very cool long-range shot."

"Afterwards, we adjusted our state. Once we got our state right, our performance improved, and in the end, we won the match."

In Tang Ye's view, the victory in this match was very important.

Not only did it advance the progress of his mission, but it also maintained the Mancheng players' form.

Just as Mr. Sitting Like said.

If Mancheng wants to compete with Mancheng and Liwupu this season, they cannot make too many mistakes when facing mid-table and lower-mid-table teams.

According to the Mancheng coaching staff's assessment, the expected points total for the Premier League title this season is as high as 95!

"So Tom, since you returned to the team, Mancheng has won all matches. Do you think you played a key role in that?"

"Haha."

The reporter's question made Tang Ye laugh directly.

"Maybe. I'm quite happy because I feel I helped the team in every match. We hope to continue winning, because, um... our regrets last season were quite significant."

Tang Ye said.

92 points but only second in the Premier League; the fragile hearts of the Mancheng players and fans can be said to have suffered a heavy blow.

Sky Sports commentator Dawson: On October 6, Liverpool hosts Manchester City. This match will be Manchester City's opportunity to challenge for the top two in the standings, provided they win all their matches against West Ham United and Newcastle.

"Of course, considering Tom's current high competitive passion, I think a six-match league winning streak should not be too difficult for Mancheng."

Mancheng still has quite a few supporters. After the four-match winning streak, fans and reporters began to offer strategies for the team.

Currently, the top two in the Premier League standings are Liwupu and Mancheng, and on October 6, they will face each other in a match.

Undoubtedly, this match is Mancheng's opportunity to rise!

Besides the league title race, what fans are also concerned about is this season's Premier League Golden Boot winner.

It is worth mentioning that although he plays as a midfielder, Tang Ye currently ranks fifth on the Premier League Golden Boot odds list, which is frighteningly high.

Then there is the assist king.

Generally speaking, the league assist king attracts little attention, but the Premier League assist king odds given by the Betway website were so comical that they were crazily reposted by fans online.

Tang Ye tops the assist king odds list.

It is worth mentioning that his odds for the assist king are only 1.12, meaning if you spend 100 yuan to bet on Tang Ye winning the season's Premier League assist king, if you win, you can only earn 12 yuan.

But for this 12 yuan, you have to wait an entire season.

Expert: Trends indicate that Tom's assist king odds will drop below 1.10 within 40 days. Although the odds are very low, bettors consider this a guaranteed profit.

The expert gave his opinion on a TV program.

"Over 10 points of profit in one season; this earns more than keeping money in the bank. Because based on data analysis, Tom winning the Premier League assist king is basically impossible to miss; this data even accounts for Tom participating in the Asian Cup in January."

The British people discovered a completely new way to manage wealth.

Keeping money in the bank and using it to bet on Tang Ye for the assist king are both guaranteed profits; so why keep money in a bank with such low interest rates?

One told ten, ten told a hundred; soon, more people joined this wealth management battle, including many who never watch football.

The expert's prediction turned out to be wrong.

Less than 48 hours after the TV program aired, Tang Ye's assist king odds had already dropped to 1 to 1.08.

It is a pity that the Chinese team has an Asian Cup to play in January next year; otherwise, these wealth management masters might have bet even harder.

Just like that, Tang Ye unknowingly appeared on the cover of the London Times.

On the cover, Tang Ye, wearing a Mancheng jersey, sat on the pitch grass; under the lighting, Tang Ye's face looked somewhat terrifying.

Caption: The biggest enemy of Europe's banks in the 21st century?

"..."

In the Mancheng canteen, Tang Ye looked at the newspaper in his hands, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahahaha!"

Lin Lin Jiade and Mata laughed wildly!

"What the hell are they doing"

Tang Ye set the newspaper down on the table, his eyes wide open.

"If I don't get the assist king, won't they go bankrupt?"

Rodri sat across from Tang Ye and spread his hands: "Obviously they think that's impossible. Last season your assist count was about the same as second and third place combined, right?"

"……"

Tang Ye rubbed his own hand: "That's bad, I'm under a lot of pressure now"

Tang Ye never expected something like this to happen.

He now only hoped the fans supporting him wouldn't go bankrupt, otherwise he'd feel a great deal of guilt!

"Oh right"

Tang Ye suddenly thought of something: "Then should I bet the other way? That way if I really do get the assist king, they can earn a bit more"

"……"

The Manchester United players exchanged glances. Fan Fan Dejiahe walked over from the far end: "Tom, looks like you want to be banned"

Players are not allowed to participate in any form of sports betting.

Betting on yourself to win is fine, the punishment isn't severe.

But someone like Tang Ye betting the other way would probably be banned from playing for several years.

"Then there's no choice"

Tang Ye sighed.

……

Check Dongqiu Di reposted The Sun: Tang Ye issued a statement on his personal social media, hoping fans and non-fan bettors would remain rational. Tang Ye said he couldn't guarantee he'd maintain a high level of performance, but fans in the comments didn't believe him, because during the World Cup Tang Ye had been sponsored by ICBC, and the fans thought Tang Ye had taken the bank's money.

【Damn it, why are these foreigners so entertaining】

【Don't even mention it brothers, I feel this is pretty awesome, less than a year and a net gain of 8 points, what else does the bank even play at】

【When Tang Ye gets injured he'll come around】

【Don't kid yourself, my ggbond dodges danger on his own, otherwise why would the foreigners buy so crazily】

Things got a bit big, and now more and more fans have learned of Tang Ye's identity as the "enemy of the banks."

This is really uncomfortable.

Tang Ye wanted to tell the fans he wasn't a bad guy, but he didn't know what to say.

"I'm just a footballer, why are they doing this to me"

On the training pitch, Tang Ye stood with his feet apart, one on each side, and started venting to his teammates.

It ended quickly. The coach gathered the players together.

Tomorrow Manchester United has an EFL Cup match against Derby County, scheduled for September 25th, with 4 days between it and the Premier League Round 7 match on September 29th.

4 days is enough for the starters to rest, but Ten Hag's point was that West Ham United had played well in recent matches, so Manchester United needed to be careful.

EFL Cup Round 3: Rashford suspended, Tang Ye, De Gea, and Rodri — three players rotated off.

This was the arrangement Ten Hag gave.

With 4 starters out, Manchester United was essentially using a half-substitute lineup for the match.

"Uh, then do I make the squad list?"

"No need. Rodri is the sub. Tom, you just rest"

Fan Fan Dejiahe said.

"This……"

Tang Ye took a deep breath.

He needed to grind out the win streak. If he didn't even get on as a sub, then this match's victory had nothing to do with him, and he couldn't get a new treasure chest.

Tang Ye asked to be a sub, but Ten Hag refused, citing the reason of giving more chances to the young players.

Alright then, no choice.

"Then I'll watch the match at home"

Tang Ye said quietly: "Even though I'm not on site, you should be able to feel my cheering, because I'll be shouting pretty loud"

Good student Tang Ye has been a bit tired from training and matches recently, so since that's the case, let's rest for one match!

……

Check Dongqiu Di match report: Manchester United 1:0 defeats Derby County to advance to the next round of the EFL Cup. Tang Ye rested and did not make the squad list. (Comment count: 8233)

【Quest progress: Win streak (3/4)】

"……"

As expected, since he didn't even sit on the bench, in the system's judgment this match's victory had nothing to do with Tang Ye.

But it didn't matter. Manchester United's schedule was absurdly packed, so waiting for one match didn't really take that long.

After advancing in the EFL Cup, Manchester United had one more Premier League match in September, against West Ham United.

As long as they won this match, Tang Ye could get his World Cup Top Four Player Treasure Chest.

At the same time, Manchester United could also earn the honor of winning all competitions in September!

Metro — Some experts believe Tom's absence from the Derby County match had other reasons; he may have been assassinated by bankers.

"Derby County isn't a strong team, so there's no need to arrange for Tom to play. The fans' view is reasonable. But the issue is that Manchester United's match against West Ham United is 4 days after the Derby County match, and the players have enough time to rest"

"Then this matter becomes interesting. If Tom has offended European bankers, he could be assassinated by a hitman at home"

The Traffic Newspaper is starting to flex its muscles!

【True or false? I've been staking out the Carrington Base entrance these past few days and haven't spotted Tom.】

【Doesn't Tom like sleeping in the passenger seat? It's normal not to see him.】

【No way (crying) (crying) (crying)】

【Really assassinated? I told you capitalists are all idiots; they offed the world's best midfielder just for the banks.】

【Marketing newspaper! The reporters and editors should all go to jail!】

The "Metro" has a terrible reputation locally in England; most fans don't believe the news it releases.

But there are simply too many fans; if some don't believe, others certainly will, so much so that after the news broke, some Manchester United fans went directly to Tang Ye's Twitter comment section to ask if Tang Ye was dead.

【Tom, are you still alive?】

"Actually, I've just missed one match."

Tang Ye spread his hands helplessly: "Why didn't they say I was buried underground during the off-season?"

"During the off-season, not this many people had bought your league assist king title yet."

Fan Fan Dejiahe said while looking at his phone: "I wonder if the editor-in-chief of this 'Metro' wants to buy it himself."

"Hm? Why do you say that?"

"Because look, after the news came out, your odds dropped; now they're 1 to 1.10."

Tang Ye widened his eyes.

He knew he was smart, but these matters were simply too complicated, so he decided not to waste any more mental effort trying to understand them.

With two days remaining until the seventh round of the Premier League against West Ham United, Manchester United officially released a photo of players training at the Carrington Base.

Manchester United Official: Tang Ye is alive and well.

(End of Chapter)