Tang Zheng had just followed the team to participate in the city-winning parade, and before returning to the luxury villa area in the center of Madrid, he received a call from his agent Fibino Rodrigo.

He smiled and swiped the screen with his right index finger to answer the phone: "Hey~ The negotiation went well, right?"

"It went well!" Fibino Rodrigo's bold voice came from the earpiece: "Accident, right?"

"No, no, no!" Tang Zheng smiled: "Expected result." ”

"Expected?" asked Fibino Rodrigo curiously, "It took me a lot of effort to convince Florentino Pérez!"

"Because Florentino Pérez has to say yes! Whether from a competitive point of view or from an economic point of view, I have more attention than Cristiano Ronaldo, and don't forget that there is a huge Chinese market behind me, and I am younger than Cristiano Ronaldo! Real Madrid wants to stay competitive, they need me more than Cristiano Ronaldo!"

"There's no denying Cristiano Ronaldo's efficiency in scoring goals, but it's all the sacrifices of other tactical teammates that create chances for him, so Florentino Pérez would agree anyway. ”

Fibino Rodrigo shook his head and smiled: "I want to wait for you to retire, you are definitely a successful businessman." ”

"Merchant, let's talk about it. Tang Zheng's voice changed: "Let's not talk about it yet, I have to quickly pack my things and prepare to go to Edmonton, Zhao's second Women's World Cup group stage is about to kick off." ”

"Oh, so soon, your injuries?"

The fatigue of the journey will definitely cause physical fatigue and affect the recovery of the injury, Fibino Rodrigo asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, the club has arranged a physiotherapist for me, and he will accompany me throughout the whole process, don't forget...... I'm the highest paid Real Madrid now. ”

"It's not a worry for me. Fibino Rodrigo suddenly thought of something and smiled: "Don't you invite me to a big meal?"

Tang Zheng looked down at the limited-edition Patek Philippe watch on his left wrist, roughly calculated the time, shook his head and said: "It is estimated that there is not enough time, there will be a celebration banquet in the team, and I will go to China next month, and I invite you to eat the full banquet of the Manchurian and Han Dynasty." ”

“OK！”

Tang Zheng hung up the phone, stepped on the accelerator, and the violent sound unique to the supercar suddenly broke through the sky and roared away.

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Before the start of the celebration banquet in the Real Madrid team that night, Tang Zheng signed a new contract with the president of Real Madrid, Florentino, who represented Real Madrid, under the live broadcast of Real Madrid TV, and the contract expired in the original summer of 2019 and was renewed until the summer of 2020.

Although Tang Zheng's contract with Real Madrid still has four years to expire, the purpose of modifying the contract is clear at a glance, that is, the annual salary figure offered by Real Madrid two years ago is far less than Tang Zheng's current contribution to the team.

Everyone knows what it means to renew the contract for one year on the basis of the original contract, but the official website of Real Madrid, which was broadcast live at the same time, did not disclose Tang Zheng's latest annual salary figure, but the brain hole of media reporters is huge, and they guess eight or nine are not far from ten.

Tang Zheng's role now is obviously greater than Cristiano Ronaldo, coupled with the crazy market ability to absorb money, Tang Zheng's annual salary is definitely higher than Cristiano Ronaldo, but this figure is much higher.

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Tang Zheng and Chairman Florentino were not there, and then they appeared at the celebration banquet at the same time, where did Cristiano Ronaldo not know what they were doing?

This afternoon he received news from his agent, Mendes, who, if nothing else, had just signed a new contract.

In terms of treatment, it must be higher than yourself!

So Cristiano Ronaldo, who thought of this, couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and send a text message to his agent Mendes: Jorge, no matter what...... I'm going to be the one with the highest salary in Real Madrid!

At this point, Cristiano Ronaldo added another sentence: If I can't be satisfied, I will consider returning to Old Trafford.

However, Cristiano Ronaldo did not send it immediately, but hesitated to add the last sentence because he did not want to be a loser!

Asking for the team's first high salary and withdrawing after no result, isn't it a loser?

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The atmosphere at the Real Madrid Treble celebration was pleasant, but not for Cristiano Ronaldo, who feared that his request would not be acceded to by the club, and that Florentino, a businessman and politician, was worried.

No one would ignore the huge Chinese market behind Tang Zheng, and the same is true for Florentino, and age is a big issue.

Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo also has his own characteristics, and with the successful transformation since joining Real Madrid, his characteristics have gradually leaned towards the finisher.

Contributing 40+ goals in all competitions for five consecutive seasons, stable and efficient, no one will ignore it.

This is also Cristiano Ronaldo's confidence!

The next day, "As" took the lead in revealing that Tang Zheng renewed his contract with Real Madrid until the summer of 2020, and his basic annual salary has been qualitatively increased, but the specific annual salary figure is still being speculated, and the highest annual salary in world football is Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with 18.5 million euros after tax.

Therefore, "As" newspaper speculates that Tang Zheng's latest basic annual salary is more than 20 million euros, and the specific data has yet to be 'investigated'.

Tang Zheng's contract renewal not only caused the concern of teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, but also attracted the attention of Messi, although the past 2014-2015 season won the disgraceful Sanya King, but he never thought that he was worse than Tang Zheng, so he also began to let his agent father Jorge Messi contact with the club president.

While Jorge Mendes and Jorge Messi were in contact with Real Madrid and Barcelona executives, Tang Zheng had already taken a flight to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, and then transferred from Ottawa to Edmonton.

A day later, the Chinese women's football team will face the second opponent of the group stage, the Dutch women's football team, at the Great Britain Concord Stadium.

In the first round, because the referee awarded a controversial penalty to the host Canada in the second minute of overtime, Zhao Lina, who made a high save to keep the goal in the whole game, was also incompetent, and finally the Chinese team lost 0:1 to Canada.

In fact, the game was a very big blow to the Chinese women's football team and Zhao Lina, and the Chinese women's football team, which was not superior in its overall strength, maintained the score of 0:0 until injury time with its outstanding fighting ability, but the referee stood up when the host Canada was unable to attack......

When Tang Zheng arrived in Edmonton, the Chinese women's football team had their last practice before the game.

Zhao Lina learned that her boyfriend Tang Zheng came to Canada to cheer for herself as soon as possible, and her fighting spirit was high, and she became the most eye-catching one in the last practice before the game.

Head coach Hao Wei saw it in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth raised an arc, full of confidence in the second round of the group stage tomorrow.

The Chinese women's football team has struggled to get out of the trough, but the progress of the men's football team has been much slower.

The post-90s generation is basically an only child, and not many parents are willing to let their own pearls in their palms suffer this hardship.

The most important thing is that the treatment of the senior women's football team is completely incomparable with that of the men's senior team, and many international women's football players have a monthly salary of less than 3,000.

Not to mention Tang Zheng, who enjoys the world's highest salary, just looking at the annual salary of the Chinese Super League's international football team has entered the pre-tax level of 10 million, you can know how unbalanced the development between the two is.

Of course, there are not a few parents who want to see the Chinese women's football team return to the world's top ranks, with Tang Zheng, a world-class superstar, opening the way ahead, the country has increased the training of young men's and women's football teams, so it takes time for women's football to return to the world's top ranks.

Now the Chinese women's football team is gathered the best players at home and abroad, the biggest player is the captain Zhao Lina who plays for the Lyon women's football team, the first round loss has little to do with Zhao Lina, if it is not for her amazing performance, the Chinese women's football team is likely to fall behind by at least two goals in 90 minutes of regular time.

To get back to the point, on the day of the game, more than half of the fans poured into the 60,000-capacity Confederation Stadium.

Looking at it, it is basically Chinese fans wearing red jerseys.

In addition to Chinese nationals and Chinese Americans who work and study in Canada to cheer for the Chinese women's football team, there are many fans from other countries.

Because this Chinese women's football team has many appearances, Zhao Lina, Wang Fei, Li Jiayue, Zhang Yue......

In terms of popularity, Zhao Lina is the most dazzling, in addition to her extremely high appearance, she also has a boyfriend Tang Zheng who makes all Chinese fans proud, and she is also the first sister of the current Chinese women's football team.

But there is another reason that can attract a large number of fans to the stadium - as Zhao Lina's boyfriend, Tang Zheng arrived in Edmonton the day before the game.

In other words, Tang Zheng will 100% appear in the venue of the second group stage of the Chinese women's football team!

The Chinese fans who were able to sit next to Tang Zheng were lucky, but for Tang Zheng there were some small troubles.

Domestic fans are often very fanatical about chasing stars, and Tang Zheng, who is not dressed in disguise, is recognized at a glance, so nearby fans will ask Tang Zheng to take photos and sign autographs.

If it weren't for the proper control of the on-site security personnel, there was a high chance of a stampede.

In this regard, Tang Zheng was also very helpless.

Fortunately, the game started in time, and Tang Zheng and the enthusiastic fans diverted their attention and came to the stadium.

The overall strength of the Chinese women's football team is slightly stronger than that of the Dutch women's football team, but the Chinese women's football team coached by Hao Wei is relatively conservative in tactics and chooses to defend and counterattack with insurance.

The Chinese women's football team, which lost the first round of the group stage, can no longer lose if they want to qualify from the group, otherwise they can only return early, which is understandable Hao Wei's choice.

Because the overall level of the Dutch women's football team is indeed low, the Chinese women's football team is 'helpless' to control the rhythm on the field.

However, it is a pity that the momentum is scoreless, and the goal is never scored.

The offensive side did not score, so the pressure on the Chinese women's football team's backline in the process of switching from attack to defense was very high, but fortunately, Zhao Lina, who was given high hopes by Chinese fans, showed excellent form and tried to keep the goal in the limited number of times she appeared in the camera.

Tang Zheng, who was sitting in the stands, was quite satisfied with the performance of his girlfriend Zhao Lina, who represented the national team for the first time in the World Cup, did not feel the slightest nervousness, but showed her best in a frenzied atmosphere.

Zhao Lina, who wore the No. 1 jersey, became the patron saint of the Chinese women's football team, but the ability of the frontcourt players to grasp was too poor.

At the end of 90 minutes of regular time, the Chinese women's football team had contributed 24 shots on goal without scoring.

Until...... The first minute of stoppage time.

Unlike the first round loss to the host Canada, this time it seems that the feng shui is turning, the No. 19 player Tan Ruyin in the Dutch women's football team's center circle arc a seemingly casual long ball near the arc of the Dutch women's football team tore through the Dutch women's football team's 90-minute backline, diagonally inserted into the right rib of the attack Wang Lisi to meet the ball cushion, the football rolled to the bottom left corner of the goal......

1：0

And this goal is also the only goal of the game, in the end, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Dutch women's football team 1:0, won three points, and ranked second in the group, as long as the last round does not lose, the Chinese women's football team can advance to the round of 16 of this Women's World Cup.

The final opponent of the Chinese women's football team in the group stage is New Zealand, and the venue is the Investors Group Stadium in Winnipeg.

The 35,000-capacity stadium has been flooded with about 20,000 fans, 75 percent of whom are Chinese.

It is worth mentioning that the day before the game, Tang Zheng came to the hotel where the Chinese women's football team stayed and personally cheered for the women's football girls, so the Chinese women's football girls showed a different state in the first two rounds of the group stage in the last group stage.

Wang Lisi and Wang Shanshan scored two goals early to help the Chinese women's football team lead the New Zealand women's football team 2:0, but at the critical time, the back line dug two holes for Zhao Lina in a row, so that the Chinese women's football team drew 2:2 with the New Zealand women's football team in a good situation.

Fortunately, the draw did not affect the qualification of the Chinese women's football team, and the sonorous roses beat the Dutch women's football team, which also drew in this round, by virtue of the advantage of more goals, to qualify as the second in the group, and the 1/8 final opponent was the Cameroon women's football team from Africa.

The 1/8 final between the Chinese women's football team and the Cameroon women's football team was at half past seven in the evening of June 20 local time in Canada, and the venue was the Concordia Stadium where the Chinese women's football team had two group games.

The Chinese women's football team has a relatively good memory at the Great Britain Confederation Stadium, so the Chinese women's football girls are full of confidence in this game, especially with Tang Zheng's encouragement, in addition to Zhao Lina, who played well as always, other players also played well.

In the twelfth minute of the game, Wang Shanshan helped the Chinese team open the scoring.

The Cameroon women's football team, which was behind in the score, fought hard to catch up, but did not equalize until the end of the game, and the Chinese women's football team failed to seize the opportunity in the frequent rapid counterattacks, and finally defeated the Cameroon women's football team with a score of 1:0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of this World Cup.

The women's football team that advanced to the quarterfinals has been unanimously praised by the domestic media, because the Chinese women's football team has been on a downward trend since winning the World Cup runner-up in 1999, and the results are even worse than the rising stars North Korea, South Korea and Japan.

In particular, the Japanese women's football team won the World Cup last time in Germany, beating the host German women's football team.

In stark contrast, the Chinese women's football team failed to appear in the World Cup finals......

Returning to the quarterfinals again after a Women's World Cup is somewhat of a feeling of pride.

As soon as the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Zhao Lina, who was wearing the armband of the captain of the Chinese women's football team, ran excitedly to the direction of her boyfriend Tang Zheng, who was in the stands on the first floor of the main stand.

This scene also happened to be captured by the on-site director, which caused ridicule from many on-site commentators.