Tang En was in a good mood after eliminating Notts County in the FA Cup and winning the first derby since he managed the Forest team. What put him in a good mood was yet to come. SI would hold a press conference in London to officially announce their partnership with Nottingham Forest Football Club and invite Manager Tony Twain to become the spokesperson for their company's "Football Manager" series (FM).
After the press conference, Twain did not stop to rush to take his first personal publicity photo shoot. As he could not delay the team's regular training, he had to finish it within a day.
Shania had already rushed back to Newcastle before the FA Cup. Her Christmas break was over. Otherwise, Tang En would have brought her along to attend the press conference.
The guests from Nottingham were first brought to the company's headquarters in Islington, north of London. They visited the small but world-renowned football game production company. For Evan Doughty and Allan Adams, it was just a formality. Whatever the host introduced, they just nodded along or acted surprised and interested at the right time. Their understanding of the game could not be compared to Tony Twain, who was in the same trade as them.
For a FM player, being able to walk into the company that produced the game and see how they developed the game was something worth looking forward to. Tang En was exactly like that. He showed more interest than Evan and Allan, and it did not seem to be an act at all.
He introduced the strength of his company to Tang En and ensured the quality of the database they wanted. The group went straight to the press conference.
In the history of British football, it was the first time that a professional football club and a football game production company had such a big commercial partnership, so it attracted a lot of media attention. Moreover, the news that Tang En was going to be the spokesperson for the FM series was spread in advance. A Premier League manager endorsing a game, how could such a new thing not attract the attention of the British paparazzi?
The press conference was packed to the brim.
After the routine speech, the two sides announced the formation of a strategic partnership and signed the cooperation contract in front of the reporters. Although this was the first cooperation, it was not surprising. It was an alliance of interests. The next part was the highlight that the media was looking forward to.
SI announced that they would be inviting the Nottingham Forest manager, Tony Twain, to be the spokesperson for their latest Football Manager FM series. From then on, the cover of FM and the game would have an additional image of a man, and that man was Tony Twain. Moreover, Tony Twain would become an active character in the game. Unlike those coaches who were just a set of data, he had a higher degree of freedom and would do a lot of things that were in line with Tony Twain's true personality. For example, if a player fought with Twain and defeated him, he might say, "We were raped." If you wanted to buy George Wood in the game, Twain would tell you, "Unless you can come up with the United Kingdom's last year's GDP, you can forget about it." Of course, these changes could only be implemented in the next game, FM06.
"… I think I'll play and then choose to coach Nottingham Forest. Let's see which club I'll be squeezed into in the game. It must feel wonderful to go against yourself. "
Twain's words amused everyone at the scene.
When asked why they chose Tony Twain as their spokesperson, the person in charge of SI said, "… We paid close attention to the Forest team's movements in the transfer market last summer, and then we discovered a shocking coincidence. That is, Tony Twain's eye for people is very similar to our game producers'. At that time, FM05 had not yet been released for sale, but the new demon in the game was always valued by Mr. Twain. Perhaps this is not the right way to put it, but I can't think of a more appropriate way to put it. FM is a virtual reality of the real football environment into the computer, and Mr. Twain is playing FM in the real football world. "
Twain listened to the other person's praise with a smile on his face and said to himself, "That's right, I'm playing FM!"
After the press conference ended, the reporters did not disperse. They still had to follow Twain to film the advertisement. SI did not stop this behavior. To them, this was a free opportunity for publicity. How could they give it up?
When Twain was posing according to the photographer's request on the set, even though the door was tightly shut and nothing could be seen, there was still a large group of reporters outside. They were waiting for Twain to come out for an interview.
To be honest, Twain enjoyed his current life very much. Most of the wishes he had when he first came here had been fulfilled — to become a real football manager, to become a public figure, where every word and action was watched. Some people hated him, and some people liked him. But his heart was still very calm. He knew how everything had come about.
To solidify this kind of life, he had to lead the team to continuous victories and win championship trophies. He had seen too many examples of famous people being forgotten the next day. He did not want to become a failure like that.
He still had many victories to achieve, many championship trophies to win, and many stronger opponents to play against. His coaching career had only just begun.
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It was the first day that Forest resumed training after the FA Cup Final. There were traces of the sun in the sky, which was rare. Having just finished filming the first advertisement in his life, Twain was in a good mood. On the way to the Wilford base with Dunn, he bought a newspaper with his photo on it and read it as if he was taking a stroll. By the time they reached their destination, he had also finished reading the newspaper report on Twain's trip to London yesterday.
He and Dunn said their goodbyes on Wilford Lane. One headed north, the other south.
The weather was good, and he was in a good mood. Twain did not go straight to the training ground. Instead, he took a detour and went to see Eastwood first.
"Hey, Boss! Good morning! " Eastwood waved to Tang En in greeting, holding a newspaper in his hand with his photo on it.
Even though Eastwood had become a star player that everyone paid attention to, he still lived in the caravan in the training base. He did not feel that there was anything to do. It did not match his star player status. He did not care how others talked about or viewed him. Twain was very glad that there were players in his team who were very clear-headed.
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