The awards ceremony is usually held in the evening, and it's already quite late after the banquet the night before.
Everyone, go back to the hotel and rest!
To reiterate what Mourinho said, roughly meaning that if you like a player, just appreciate their performance on the field and don't interfere too much, because most players are scum.
Everyone attending the banquet stayed at the same hotel, regardless of whether they were attending the ceremony or the awards ceremony.
The banquet invited many beautiful models and celebrities, and needless to say, the hotel that night was filled with...
This is a matter of mutual consent; the person involved may be immoral, but outsiders can't really say anything about it.
Lin Hao, to be honest, is not exactly a gentleman, but he is definitely not the kind of person who would do something with someone after knowing them for only a day.
People are easily influenced by their environment. Everyone does it this way, so you feel like there's no problem with it. Lin Hao is still single, so there's even less anyone to gossip about.
But Lin Hao really did hold onto his principles and resisted the temptation! At least that's what he remembers.
But when I woke up, things were a bit unexpected.
In his room, there was a woman, naked, lying on the bed, dead!
Lin Hao was speechless. Why did he always seem to run into these kinds of things? The worst part was that this time, he didn't even remember it himself, and he couldn't even prove his innocence in his own heart.
Lin Hao called the police, and soon the detectives arrived at the scene and cordoned it off. These were some of the most famous people in the world living there, so they had to stop the news from spreading.
But everyone knew that with this kind of commotion, something must have gone wrong.
"Name?"
"Lin Hao!"
"Profession?"
"A football player!"
Do you know the deceased?
"Uh... I guess we know each other. We just met yesterday. Her name is Marcia Ann! She's a model who's not the absolute top, but she's still quite famous!"
"Just met?"
"We just met!"
"Then why were you in the deceased's room?"
Lin Hao only found out earlier that it wasn't his room, but the deceased's room.
As for when he found out, it was naturally after Lin Hao checked the scene himself. He didn't know anything himself and needed to find a way to clear his name as soon as possible.
The agent questioning him, Sarah, was a female agent with a face and figure that stirred up some unease.
"I don't remember!" Lin Hao said.
"Don't remember? Then tell me what you do remember, from last night's banquet until today!"
Lin Hao looked up slightly, pretending to recall something. "I arrived at the banquet with my teammates around eight o'clock. There were a lot of pastries at the banquet, but not many people ate them. I'm not a rich person, so I don't care much about the food. I just found a place and started eating!"
"During this time, quite a few people came up to chat with me..."
"Are they all women?" Sarah interrupted.
Lin Hao nodded. "Yes, most of the players look down on me and won't approach me on their own initiative!"
"Who are they?" Sasha looked down and wrote down several names Lin Hao had mentioned in her notebook, as well as some names that Lin Hao didn't know.
Among these people were the dead.
Sasha continued, "And then?"
"I had a drink with each of them. An was the last one, and I drank the most with her. She even invited me to her room tonight, but I clearly refused, and then she left!"
"Then, I went to find my teammates, and with their help, I went to toast a few drinks. After that, I don't know anything else. I don't even know how I got back!"
Sasha nodded, closed her notebook, and said, "I heard you solved a case in London!"
Lin Hao nodded, wondering why she was bringing this up at this time.
"Logically speaking, people who are good at solving cases don't commit crimes easily, because they know that if you do something, you will definitely leave a trace!"
Lin Hao nodded, agreeing with the viewpoint, but still didn't understand what the other person meant.
"This time, it's fundamentally different from the last time you solved a case. Last time, you had no motive!"
"I didn't have any this time either!" Lin Hao said.
Sasha shook her head. "Not necessarily. What if it was a crime of passion?"
"Where would you like to go?"
"She invited you to her room, and you refused. But after drinking too much, you changed your mind and came over, only to find that she had met someone else. It's not impossible that you then killed her!"
Lin Hao looked helpless. "Think about it yourself, is this reasonable?"
"Even if the possibility is small, it's still possible. We will temporarily restrict your movements. You should stay in your hotel room. Someone will come to give you a medical check-up in a little while!"
The medical examination results came out that afternoon, which was expected but also unexpected.
A small amount of sleeping pills was detected in Lin Hao's blood. Upon hearing the news, Lin Hao continued to recall the events and told Sasha that he had lost consciousness at the banquet. He had not eaten or drunk anything before the banquet began, which meant that the problem occurred at the banquet.
Sasha immediately sent people to check all the people who attended the banquet, and none of the others had this condition.
That evening, the Ballon d'Or ceremony was held as scheduled. For the first time in recent years, the Ballon d'Or winner was not one of those two players, not Cristiano Ronaldo, not Messi, but Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric.
This caused a huge uproar and sparked heated discussions among fans. Perhaps no one expected that the player who would eventually end Messi and Ronaldo's dominance would not be a young player, but Modric, who had been active in the public eye for many years.
Modric has won several titles with Real Madrid and led Croatia to a runner-up finish in the World Cup. In terms of honors, there's no problem.
However, there is definitely controversy. In fact, for neutral fans, there is more of a feeling of regret because the storyline is not exciting at all. Modric is, after all, a player who does not compete for anything and gives the impression of having a rather bland personality.
People want to see a promising young man snatch the Ballon d'Or from Messi and Ronaldo, and both sides can have their say in the back-and-forth.
The people talking about Modric aren't actually Modric's fans.
But the fact has already happened, and to be honest, compared to later generations, Modric's Golden Globe Award is already incredibly prestigious.
When the awards ceremony ended, the test results for the other participants came back, and indeed, no sleeping pills were detected.
That's strange.
The issue is no longer whether Lin Hao had a motive to harm others. Lin Hao was also a victim, which greatly reduces his suspicion. That's why Sasha came to discuss this matter with him.
Who would have a motive to harm Lin Hao? Although all these players look down on him, it certainly wouldn't be this bad.
Then there's even less grudge between the others.
"Did they come for the dead?" Lin Hao asked.
Sasha nodded and said, "That's what we thought too. The autopsy report will be out soon!"