Tang Zheng signed a contract with Nike, and attended the following routine interview, accompanied by Younan McLaughlin, vice president of Nike Europe. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The content of the interview is actually very simple, that is, "what is the special feeling of being a signed player under Nike", "will you feel pressure in the rest of your career", "what are your prospects for the future as the first Chinese football player to come to Nike headquarters to sign a contract", etc.

In this regard, Tang Zheng was prepared and answered meticulously.

At the end of the interview, it was already close to noon, and Nike, which embodied the demeanor of an international company, invited the reporters present to eat in the canteen.

It is the so-called work meal in the fast-paced world of Americans, which has always been a favorite of media workers.

However, as a professional player, Tang Zheng is very strict about the intake of food nutrients, but Nike is thoughtful, and they provide Tang Zheng with not working meals, but nutritious and nutritious meals.

At about half past two in the afternoon local time in the United States, Tang Zheng changed into Nike's jersey and sneakers in the campus center of Nike's headquarters for a simple print advertising shoot.

Because it was Tang's first time shooting a print advertisement, he seemed a little reserved, so much so that Nike's special photographer Eddie Adams had to take frequent breaks from Tang's body movements.

Younan McLaughlin, vice president of Europe, who was standing on the side, said with a smile: "I didn't expect Don, who was full of confidence on the court, to feel nervous when shooting a print advertisement, haha......"

Tang Zheng, who was standing in the backlight, pouted and said, "Aren't I afraid that I'm not handsome enough when I shoot it?"

Suddenly, everyone let out a burst of good-natured laughter.

However, Tang Zheng's progress was surprising to both photographer Eddie Adams and Vice President Younan McLaughlin, because Tang Zheng's progress was so fast, just like his ability to read a game on a football field, he quickly found his shortcomings and corrected them.

"Sure enough, you are a natural big player! I wish you a Ballon d'Or in the future!"

When Nike's latest print ad was shot, photographer Eddie Adams gave Tang Zheng a thumbs up.

After filming the print advertisement, since Younan McLaughlin, vice president of Europe, needed to report some work to the headquarters, the accompanying work was handed over to Hilary Duff, deputy general manager of the public relations department, who will be responsible for all the work before Tang Zheng leaves Nike's headquarters, including introducing Nike's history and unique culture.

During this time, Hillary Duff led Tang Zheng to visit the 'Nike Lake' at Nike's headquarters and 16 R&D buildings named after famous athletes.

In addition, he also went to the football equipment research and development center, but the building has not yet been named, and Hillary Duff, who was in charge of accompanying him, said to Tang Zheng with a smile: "If your contribution to Nike is big enough, then ...... In the future, this building will be named after you, just like the previous buildings named after Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods......"

To Tang Zheng's surprise, there are two statues of Chinese at Nike's headquarters, namely Liu Xiang and Liu Tong, signed by Nike.

The tour lasted an hour and a half, and before Tang Zheng and Chen Jia left Nike's headquarters, Younan McLaughlin, Nike's vice president of Europe, introduced Roland Wolfram, vice president of Asia Pacific, to Beijing to be in charge of a press conference in China.

Chen Jia was very satisfied with Nike's arrangement, first accompanied by the vice president of the European region to sign the contract, and then accompanied by the vice president of the Asia-Pacific region to Beijing to hold a press conference.

It's no wonder that Nike's global performance is much better than Adidas'.

At this time, the president of Adidas Europe regretted it very much, he thought that Tang Zheng could not be willing to go far, so his attitude was a little arrogant, these routines he learned from the profound Chinese culture, he wanted to capture the past, but the result was very different from his imagination......

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Tang Zheng's return to China this time is completely different from the obscurity in the summer of 2008.

Winning the European Golden Boy Award just before the winter break has made him one of the hottest young players in the world, especially in his home country.

Overwhelming continuous reports, those ordinary people who don't usually watch football know that China has a young man who is very good at football, and he won the European Golden Boy Award in Dortmund, Germany.

Although many of them don't know what the European Golden Boy Award is, they always feel that this title is very high and honored.

Now that he has signed a contract with Nike, Tang Zheng has returned to China to hold a grand press conference, which is known to domestic fans and media.

In fact, as early as the day Tang Zheng signed a contract with Nike, fans and media who paid attention to Tang Zheng's dynamics knew the news, after all, the transmission in the information age is very fast.

So outside the Capital International Airport, there were a lot of reporters and fans who heard the news.

Looking at the reporters and fans who lined the exit of the airport, Roland Wolfram, Nike's vice president of Asia Pacific, smiled and said, "Tang, you are no longer a nobody, especially in China. ”

In the latter half of the sentence, Roland Wolfram accentuated his tone.

However, reporters and fans did not notice Tang Zheng, in this winter, there are not a few people like him wearing high-necked down jackets and thick scarves.

He and Chen Jia followed Roland Wolfram through the VIP channel, and then got into a Mercedes-Benz business car that had been prepared for a long time, and went straight to the hotel where the press conference was to be held.

Tang Zheng, who rarely makes a trip back to China, will spend at least a week in China, spending the first four days at work and the last three days with family and friends.

According to what Tang Zheng's father said, money is enough, anyway, you can't take it away when you are old, and happiness is the most important thing.

During the four days of the business trip, except for the first two days for Nike's press conferences and promotional activities in China, the remaining two days and a half days were for CCTV to record interview programs, and the last day and a half were for other business activities and public welfare activities.

The time control is particularly tight.

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On Christmas Day, in China's major Nike stores, Tang Zheng's large posters were uniformly replaced, which was very eye-catching.

At the same time, the recording of the new episode of "Football Night" of Yang 5 participated in by Tang Zheng was also very successful.

In addition, the two public service advertisements that Tang Zheng took over were also very good, about youth football and poor children going to school.

In the choice of commercial endorsement, Chen Jia has a unique vision and chose Huawei in Shenzhen, the endorsement fee is not high, just 8 million yuan a year, and the two parties signed a contract for two years.

After finishing the work matter, Tang Zheng returned to SH overnight.

The second half of the 2009-2010 Bundesliga season will not start until January 17, and the team's re-training camp will be on January 9, which means that if Tang Zheng wants, he can stay at home until the 7th and then return to Dortmund.

Christmas is equivalent to the New Year in Europe and the United States, but there is no holiday on this holiday in China, so it is also boring to stay at home Tang Zheng, so he disguised himself and came to Datong Middle School.

Just like last summer's return to his alma mater, the first place he came to was the football field.

Of course, this time he didn't go to the coach, and now his popularity is too high, for fear of causing too much of a sensation.

It's not that he's famous and playing big names now, but he should relax in the face of a rare vacation.

Like other parents who came to the football stadium of Datong Middle School, he sat in the stands and watched the students train.

However, what Tang Zheng didn't expect was that he found a teenager with great potential, from the face of the teenager, he was at most fifteen or sixteen years old, with distinctive characteristics, fast speed, skilled feet, and the key is that he was very calm in front of the goal, which is special that many domestic players do not have.

Suddenly, he had an idea.

That night, he bought a high-resolution video camera, and the next day he came to the football field of Datong Middle School again to film the young player playing.

Sometimes fate is so strange that you never know that the person you pass by will change your fate.

Even Tang Zheng didn't know that his unintentional move had changed a person's fate.

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According to Tang Zheng's plan, he will spend New Year's Day at home and then return to Dortmund to continue to get his driver's license.

On the morning of December 31, Tang Zheng received a phone call from Aguile Castillo, editor-in-chief of Uruguay's newspaper El Nacional, informing him that he had been elected the 2009 South American Footballer of the Year......

When Tang Zheng's phone hung up, he sat on the sofa and didn't come to his senses for a long time.

If he hadn't joined Borussia Dortmund this summer and stayed at River Plate, it would have been understandable that he would have won the South American Footballer of the Year, but the problem is that he has completely zero games in South America for the entire second half of this year.

So he turned on his computer as soon as possible and logged on to the official website of the Uruguayan newspaper El Nacional.

In a prominent position on the front page of the newspaper "The Nation", there is a photo of Tang Zheng wearing a River Plate jersey, on which is a red and bold Spanish strip, to the effect: 2009 South American Footballer of the Year: Don!

The club's "Nation" here is not about Dortmund, but about River Plate, which means that the reason why Tang Zheng was able to win this year's South American Footballer of the Year is completely because of his outstanding performance in River Plate in the first half of the year.

There are also pictures and captions in prominent positions, and below are the detailed reasons and basis for Tang Zheng's election.

It turns out that the players who play for South American clubs this year have a big difference in form throughout the year, those players who performed well in the first half of the year are sluggish in the second half of the year, and the players who performed well in the second half of the year are very sluggish in the first half of the year, which is completely unconvincing, so the journalists with voting rights can only vote for Tang Zheng, who led River Plate to win the double in the first half of this year.

In terms of voting scores, Tang Zheng received 109 votes, and the second place was also from River Plate, now playing for Porto Falcao, with 64 votes.

Because Tang Zheng is 45 votes ahead of Falcao, he has become the South American Footballer with the greatest advantage in the history of South American Footballer of the Year.

At noon on New Year's Day, Tang Zheng, his parents and Chen Jia went to Pudong Airport non-stop after lunch, and he will go to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, to accept the South American Footballer of the Year trophy awarded by El Nacional Newspaper.

(To be continued.) )