101. Anxiety
"Are you coming this winter? Didn't the agent tell you?" Murray asked Zolin on the phone. \ǒМ\\ They are all now Nike's contracted players, and they are both druids, and now the two of them often talk on the phone and chat or something. And after Murray chatted with his agent for a while, he immediately excitedly reported the news to Zuo Lin.
It turned out that it was Nike, Adidas, Puma and other sports brands plus a few casual clothes, and several network and communication operators and BMW, Mercedes-Benz, two car manufacturers, I don't know how to get together, ready to make a fairly large star confrontation camp at the end of the year. It is estimated that there will be a variety of popular sports that will be chosen as a confrontation sport. It is not known how these manufacturers came together. But it seems that there is a sense of wanting to expand the sports market together, but at the same time, it is necessary to show that it is strong in the confrontation. To say that the level of this kind of competition is definitely not high, but due to the super strong publicity and marketing team cooperation and promotion of so many first-line brands, it is conceivable that the impact will be very large.
Murray is now the star of a series of Nike commercials, and his young, top-notch skills, consistent performance on the court, and interesting personality off the court have made him Nike's favorite spokesperson. Zolin, on the other hand, is also in the ranks of Nike's signings, but since the beginning of this season, he has been switching between the roles of striker and goalkeeper, and his on-field and off-court performances are mediocre, so he is not so favored in comparison. It's been almost half a year since the last time I shot an advertisement in France. In addition to attending a few simple promotional activities and roadshows, he participated in the shooting of two commercials and a promotional video for China.
However, when he thinks of this event in the sports and fashion world at the end of the year, Zolin becomes quite an important figure. It is said that Pepsi and Coca-Cola, Guardian, Budweiser and other groups also intend to intervene, and it is very likely that two extremely terrifying football teams can be formed at that time. In this kind of confrontation, if there is Zuo Lin guarding the goal, it is undoubtedly quite reassuring. And Murray was afraid that the world would not be chaotic through his agent, telling Nike that Zuo Lin's basic physical data and psychological state, if he wants to participate in the world-class track and field competition, he may not be able to get good results, but it is enough in this kind of semi-entertainment event. Nike's China region is about a week behind Europe and the United States in these organizational efforts, and now Zuo Lin is only hearing a little wind from Sang Shilin's mouth. He's not too enthusiastic.
Mainly, he has really not been enthusiastic lately. The league has suddenly reached the end of the first half of the season, and the Shenbao team has been trying various new lineups this season, and the two new foreign players seem to be not very reliable, although with everyone's excellent performance, they are still ranked first in the league. However, it is only one point ahead of the second-place Dalian team. At the end of the week, it was the home game against Shenzhen. Because Zuo Lin overturned several players in the final game with the Shenzhen team last season, the two teams formed a deep bond. Although Zuo Lin was busy preparing for the college entrance examination in this game, there was no reason not to play. Moreover, this time, Wulin still played as a goalkeeper to meet the impact of the other party.
Actually, Zuo Lin doesn't want to play very much lately. The first two games were a bit absent-minded, but there were three goals and two assists in the two games. Especially in the Shanghai city battle, the opponent's backline was tormented to have no temper at all, and he withdrew the midfield to get the ball a few times, and by the way, he also showed that he now has some clear tactical ideas, and also let the fans see that this powerful center forward long pass is also very accurate, especially the control of power is extremely ingenious, and it rarely bounces up after landing to make his striker uncomfortable with the ball.
So, seeing Zuo Lin's strong state, Li Xianjie, even though he considered that Zuo Lin's recent 6 hours a day exam papers affected his emotions, he still unswervingly put him on the field. Zuo Lin, on the other hand, was thinking about whether the quantitative test questions of the day had been completed. When Murray called to ask about the year-end event, he absentmindedly replied, "Let's talk about it." It's what the agent says, anyway, I don't have any arrangements for this winter, so I guess I'll come. ”
Murray heard Zuo Lin's unhappy attitude, and asked a little strangely: "What's the matter? Bad mood? Now any of you dare to offend you?"
Murray's "leopard" is largely similar in character to the animal he represents. He is sharp, tenacious, skillful and pays attention to suddenness. Especially for people's emotions, he judges very clearly.
"Alas", Zuo Lin put the phone around his neck, picked up the pencil and continued to calculate the math on the draft, he sighed and said helplessly: "Do you know that there is a very torturous activity called the college entrance examination in China? I am preparing for the exam. Topic...... It's really hard. ”
Murray smiled and said, "Is it the kind of exam that gets you into a good university if you get a good grade?"
Zuo Lin said, "Yes. ”
"I've also taken exams in the UK, but ...... It seems to be in the bottom 30 of the people who took the test in the whole of the UK. It's just for fun, do you really want to go to university? Isn't that a waste of time? Or if you transfer to the Premier League, you say you want to go to college by the way, I guess they can stuff you directly into Cambridge and Oxford, why do you have to take any exams? Isn't it said that in China, it's easy for famous athletes to get into college?"
Zuo Lin was stunned, when he originally decided to take the college entrance examination and be admitted to the university with his own ability, at least half of it was because he was born in the mountains and forests, and he has always longed for the kind of place with a strong bookish atmosphere in the school. As for finding a job after going to university, becoming a white-collar worker or something, he never thought about it. For him, who now has a lot of wealth, as well as the research and development and follow-up benefits of products such as Tianxin Lotus, the clear purpose of the university for most people is completely non-existent. Sometimes, he thinks to himself, why bother, to experience the atmosphere, to suffer for so long. But if you let it out earlier, it's hard to take it back now. If I had dredged up the relationship earlier, it is estimated that it would have been implemented in a certain university and a certain department, and it would have been time to report to the office. When Murray broke this point all at once, he became more and more depressed.
"You don't know the difference...... In the past, I said that I wanted to be admitted by myself, but now if I temporarily retreat, it will be so shameless. Zuo Lin lamented, "What's more troublesome is that the exam starts the second day after the competition." What are you going me to do?"
Murray smiled, and didn't continue to hit Zuo Lin, he said lightly: "Forgive me for not waiting for your exam results, I'm going to the rainforest in South America this summer to investigate some things, can you find a way to find a helper?"
Zuo Lin pondered for a moment and said, "'Salamander' Passare contacted me some time ago, and he said that his research project in Southeast Asia has come to an end, and he has been idle recently, so I asked him to help you, okay?"
"Bomberman Passare?" Murray's eyes lit up. Although Passare's position is one step lower than Murray's "Leopard" in terms of position, Passare is an operational expert in the tropics. He has been researching wetlands and rainforests in Southeast Asia for more than 20 years. His research in Southeast Asia is on how to use naturally occurring explosive gases such as methane, hence the nickname "Bomberman". Murray is of course very happy to be able to partner with such an old druid.
Zolin knew what Murray was going to South America to investigate. When he first regained contact with the Druid Council, he knew that in recent years, some Druids had lost contact with each year for some reason, although they were all relatively young and may not be particularly capable, but this was a huge loss for the Druid Council. South America and Africa both have considerable areas of land that have not been deeply explored by humans, and these places may hide clues to these disappeared people. Due to the fact that the Council's Operations Division had not been in charge for a long time, many druids had not been able to establish a reliable means of communication with Zorlin, and he had only communicated with a limited number of druids about this matter so far. The squires sent were not very conspicuous, infiltrating in various capacities, knowing some of the peripheral situations. And Murray took the initiative to go to the rainforest area of South America to investigate this time, Zuo Lin naturally supported it, if he hadn't said that he would go to the Grand Canyon to find Sun Lao this summer break, it is estimated that he would have gone by himself.
Murray's words made Zolin a little anxious, and after hanging up the phone, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't let those thoughts get out of his mind easily. The Druid Council's Operations Office has been in his hands for quite some time, but since everyone is scattered all over the world, most of them are in places where communication is very inconvenient, and some people don't even have mobile phones or phone numbers, and only have a mailbox to be picked up at the post office near their residence. There is so much work to be done to integrate the entire Operations Branch. However, the current situation is not optimistic. It would have been more convenient if the druids who had lost contact had only entered a place where communication was poor, for fear that someone had taken action against the council. Since the members of the Druid Council are doing something environmentally friendly, it is inevitable that some vested interests will be angered. Zuo Lin did too little to do other than provide some financial and intelligence help to the druids who had already been contacted, and to keep the cultivation methods and spell tips of their respective systems for them. "Salamander" Passare applied to the parliament for a research fund of 12 million yuan and at least two druid assistants who have some knowledge of the wetland environment to assist in the research, and he approved it, and the funds were also allocated, but the problems of the assistants could not be implemented quickly. The best guys are now doing research shoots in South Africa with National Geographic and BBC film crews.
There are also competitions, and he has to prepare for the exam, and his cultivation can't be broken, after all, he will go to the Grand Canyon to find Sun Lao as soon as the exam is over; Yan Yingxue is in a period of rapid growth, and her training is also tricky; Su Weixin, who has ended all the contract periods, is now unemployed, eating the old book of the previous endorsement contracts, although it has nothing to do with him, but it is still necessary to help his friends; and Yan Hokusai, his wedding is in full swing, although he doesn't want to worry about it too much, but Yan Hokusai's newly built villa in Pudong needs him to plan the garden... … A lot of things are concentrated in this short summer. Zuo Lin wiped his forehead, and his headache became more and more serious. (Full Text)
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