Gloria and Roberto
Of Francesca Marsili
The end of the year with a bang for the young Tolentino native Roberto Vita. Last night’s protagonist of the “Affari Tui” game show on RaiUno won 100 thousand euros with a last-minute package change, plus another 1000 for having found the Gennarino jackpot: «And we fixed the windows» he said jokingly.
His girlfriend with him Gloria. It was she who suggested changing her package number 15 to 9, a recurring figure in the girl’s life. “It’s important for her, so it’s important for me too” added the competitor: and in that package there was the 100 thousand euros.
Thirty-five years old, as a fifteen warehouse worker at the Valle del Chienti agricultural cooperative in Tolentino. A life divided between work and the family land, Roberto introduced himself to Stefano De Martino with the disarming simplicity of someone who has no time for frills: «As a hobby I sleep» he confessed amid laughter in the studio, explaining that between work and the countryside there is little time for relaxation.
With the typical genuineness of someone who chews land and agriculture all day, Roberto immediately won over the host and the audience. A match, which arrived after 12 episodes of waiting, genuine and without filters. His girlfriend was next to him throughout the challenge Gloria, educator for early childhood services. Children of work colleagues, before meeting each other they had never spoken to each other. But Gloria passed the most difficult test: that of the stove. Because Roberto was clear: «When I met her I immediately challenged her: I wanted to see if she knew how to cook. Because love passes, hunger does not.” Apparently, Gloria not only cooks excellent desserts, but also has a nose for “business”, which led them straight to victory.
The race was a rollercoaster of emotions. Between blue parcels, those with the lowest value, which flew away and the lucky meeting with “Gennarino”, which earned him the first thousand euros of the jackpot, Roberto suffered very hard blows, such as the loss of the parcels containing 200 thousand and 300 thousand euros. Without complicated strategies or fixations on numbers but with a sincerity defined by De Martino as “humble and genuine”, the warehouse worker went straight towards the end. With the joke always ready in Macerata dialect, the competitor refused offer after offer. «The board tells me to go ahead, we can play it» – he repeated while the “Doctor” on the other end of the red telephone tried to tempt him with 24 thousand and 32 thousand euros. The key moment came when, left with parcels worth 0, 75 thousand and 100 thousand euros, Roberto achieved a masterstroke by eliminating the “zero”. At that point, the liberating scream in the studio: «Ammo’ I want to see what he says», referring to the “Doctor”. Vita had package number 15, held tight until the end.
But at the moment of the final choice, whether to change or keep the package, Gloria bet everything on the number 9, a number present in the dates of her family members. In a gesture of pure trust Roberto decided to listen to her and take the 9, and in that package there were 100 thousand euros. Among the hugs of their “package” colleagues, Roberto and Gloria return to Tolentino with a total loot of 101 thousand euros. A final year with a bang for the warehouse worker who only dreamed of a little rest and who will now probably be able to sleep much more peacefully.
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