During this period, Cao Baming was preparing for the upcoming Golden Globe Awards ceremony. He himself also needed to make some preparations, as he would have to give a speech on stage, and these lines needed to be thought out.
Entering the awards stage this time, he was no longer an Arsenal player, but a player for Nottingham Forest. If he slipped up and said something wrong, the situation would be truly awkward.
Actually, mentioning Arsenal was fine, as most of his achievements last year were accomplished at that club. Everything he achieved was inseparable from Arsenal, and he was able to attain them with the help of his capable teammates, Henry and Messi.
However, if the name Manchester United were to be mentioned, the problem would be serious.
Therefore, Cao Baming had to practice repeatedly to ensure there were no mistakes. He did not want to be misunderstood, as that would lead to an irreparable situation.
Three days before the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, one evening, Cao Baming received an email.
At first glance, this email was clearly different from all the others; it was so unique.
It turned out that the sender of this email was from the official illegal football association. They had informed him of the results of the awards ceremony before it even began.
That's right, Cao Baming was the ultimate winner of this Golden Globe Awards ceremony; he was indeed taking this Golden Globe home.
There was no suspense on this point, but what puzzled Cao Baming was why the illegal association would proactively inform him of the news before the ceremony. Did they do this for all previous Golden Globe award selections as well?
With this curiosity, Cao Baming actually replied with an email, attaching the question he had in mind.
After sending the email, Cao Baming suddenly remembered that he had a good friend who had a lot of experience with the Golden Globe Awards ceremony. After all, he had experienced receiving awards seven or eight times.
With this thought, Cao Baming immediately contacted Messi. To his surprise, Messi also expressed great astonishment upon hearing the news.
From what Messi told him, in the experience of previous Golden Globe award selections, he himself did not know if he would be the final winner until he arrived at the ceremony. There was usually a slight suspense, unlike this time when he received an official letter in advance.
This made Cao Baming even more curious. For what reason? Since this was an unprecedented event, he had to get an explanation.
However, after sending the email, he did not receive a reply for the next three days. By the time the awards ceremony arrived, he still had not received a reply.
Cao Baming finally gave up. That day, he dressed up in his prepared formal attire. Since he was attending such an important ceremony, he naturally had to appear in public in a presentable manner.
On this day, Wu Xue also accompanied him to the venue of the awards ceremony. A few dozen minutes before the ceremony began, the live broadcast was already on.
Fans had been waiting for a long time in the live chat. They knew exactly when the awards ceremony would truly begin, but their excited feelings could no longer be suppressed. Even watching the staff set up the stage made them feel extremely excited.
The fans wondered if they would have a chance to catch a glimpse of Cao Baming during this time, even if it was just Cao Baming making his final preparations before going on stage.
Besides Cao Baming, many football superstars also attended the awards ceremony that day.
Unlike Cao Baming, none of them had received the email from the illegal association, so they did not know who the final winner of the Golden Globe Award would be for that day's ceremony.
However, from a probabilistic perspective, they knew that they had very little chance of winning this award, as Cao Baming's probability of winning the Golden Globe Award was higher than that of all the others combined.
But there was still a sliver of suspense, and this curiosity drove many stars to attend the event, including Neymar, Henry, Haaland, De Bruyne, Mbappé, and Zidane.
As Cao Baming's good friend, Messi naturally attended the ceremony as well. However, he knew very well that this Golden Globe was not his, as he had already received the news of Cao Baming's win the day before.
He came to the ceremony today to celebrate Cao Baming's Golden Globe win. After all, as his best friend, it was a great joy to personally witness this newcomer receiving such an important award.
Cao Baming was also the most likely person to succeed Messi and win the Golden Globe Awards for the next few years.
However, to be honest, breaking Messi's consecutive Golden Globe record was still quite difficult, and even Cao Baming himself had to admit this.
And those few players who thought they still had a slight chance of winning this Golden Globe Award, upon arriving at the venue, all sat in the front row, close to each other, occasionally whispering and chatting.
They appeared to be friends, but in reality, they were rivals, and the atmosphere was very subtle.
Alright, Ming and Messi sat at the very front. At this time, the fans knew that apart from Cao Baming, the only other person most likely to win the Golden Globe Award at this ceremony was Messi.
Amidst the anticipation of all the fans, the awards ceremony finally reached its scheduled time. The host came on stage and began with a review of past history. The big screen continuously displayed many scenes that surprised and excited the fans; those were all moments they could never forget.
But what everyone was most looking forward to was the final award presentation. As the official body of the awards ceremony, they naturally understood this.
After the initial proceedings were mostly completed, the award presentation finally began. At this moment, the expressions on the faces of all the stars sitting in the front row were very tense.
Despite being very nervous, they still tried their best to control themselves, so they appeared to be smiling on the surface.
Only Cao Baming, whether in his true inner state or his outward appearance, was calm and composed, completely different from Mbappé, who was sitting not far to his left.