Chapter 149: Coming Home

"1:0! China Defeats France!"

The Chinese team's victory over the French team not only stunned many domestic media, but even the international media found it incredible. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In front of the strong ** national team, China is an out-and-out fish belly team, but it is this fish belly team that can make the former world champion shame on his own turf.

This is also the second time this year that the Chinese team led by Gao Hongbo surprised the fans, first breaking the "Koreanophobia" in a historic way, and then defeating the invincible Gallic Rooster in the early hours of yesterday morning, "Gao Jiajun" brought fans two surprises in a row, which seemed to make everyone see a glimmer of hope.

In the 3rd Nehru Gold Cup in 1984, the Chinese national team defeated Argentina 1-0, and if it weren't for the older generation of players, no one would know who scored that goal. But yesterday, everyone remembered Deng Zhuoxiang's name - a new No. 10 of the Chinese team that was almost replaced.

Even if they leave Reunion with a 0-0 result, the Chinese men's football team can return home with their heads held high. But there was a miracle in the early morning of this day. Deng Zhuoxiang, who was about to step forward to take the penalty at that time, received a signal that Gao Hongbo wanted Liu Jianye to replace him. However, Deng Zhuoxiang used gestures to tell the audience to "wait a minute", and then decisively took the free kick. And this goal will surely become a classic memory of Chinese fans together with the goal that he successfully broke through three people in a row.

After a lapse of 26 years, the Chinese team's victory over the world's top teams again is definitely a thing worth congratulating. But head coach Gao Hongbo still said very soberly: "A victory does not mean anything, the gap between China and France still exists, and the reason why we can win is that in addition to the active scrambling of the players, the French team may not pay much attention to us." ”

Compared with Gao Hongbo's low profile, French coach Domenech, who was upset by the weak Chinese team before the World Cup, praised the Chinese men's football team: "The Chinese team scored with one shot, and we got a lot of opportunities, but we couldn't grasp them, but this is the characteristic of football." ”

The Chinese men's football team couldn't help but win praise from Domenech, and the French media also praised it, before the game, the French media had more impressions of the Chinese team, still staying at Zheng Zhi's kick in the Sino-French friendly match four years ago. At that time, Zheng Zhi kicked the leg of French striker Cisse, causing Cisse to break a bone and miss the World Cup in Germany. However, after the Chinese team defeated the French team yesterday, the French media set off a more violent exclamation than the "Cisse broke his leg" back then. "Sports 24 Hours" said in a commentary: "It is clear that the incident four years ago was just an accident, and the Chinese team deserves more respect than we imagined. ”

And AFP, when referring to this game, believes that the performance of the Chinese team is shocking. "This Chinese team is much more impressive than it was four years ago, they are very well organised, and their No. 10 Deng Zhuoxiang and goalkeeper Zeng Cheng have performed very well, so they certainly have a bright future. ”

The Chinese media naturally praised more, but they did not forget to ridicule Ma Junqiang: "If Zeng Cheng can keep this state, then Ma Junqiang may have to stay on the bench for a while." This sentence will make the main gate of S. Truiden become the laughing stock of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu for a long time in the future.

Just when many media and fans praised the Chinese team, many fans also put forward other opinions, they think that this is just a warm-up game, the national football team won the former world championship does not mean that it can be promoted to the first ranks, you must know that the tiger also has a nap, for the game, no matter how weak the team has to defeat the strong team, but the possibility is small, and the Chinese team is lucky to get this "very small" favor.

In a word, football is round, and anything can happen on the pitch.

Of course, we can think of this as an accident, but there is also necessity in accident. As early as the beginning of last year, China launched an anti-corruption investigation into football, and many incidents such as match-fixing, black whistles, and match-fixing were exposed. In January this year, Nan Yong was arrested, in March, Lu Jun, Huang Junjie and others were taken away for investigation, and a month later, Lu Jun was arrested in accordance with the law.

These people are all well-known figures in the Chinese football circle, but they manipulated the game and became a shame for the national football team. It is also after these people were exposed and detained that the national football team defeated South Korea and France successively, and the reason for this can be seen by discerning people.

So it was not all by chance that China was able to defeat the Taiji Tiger and the Gallic Rooster in succession.

On the second day of the game, the Chinese team returned to China, Zhang Shujie officially started his long vacation, he returned to Dalian with Li Mu, and Ma Junqiang and Zhao Wenkang returned to Shandong and Sichuan respectively.

Except for Ma Junqiang, the other three of these four are players under Feng Kai, Feng Kai, as their agent, also received invitations from some domestic advertisers for them, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, who played in Serie A, got a little more advertising contracts, and Zhao Wenkang was a lot less, after all, the Portuguese Super League is not as influential as Serie A.

Feng Kai shirked everything, and he told the three of them on the phone that they are still young, and their position in the team is not very solid, and they can only be regarded as well-known in China, and they are basically not well-known in the world. Therefore, they need to continue to improve themselves and not think of themselves as a star to take on any advertising contracts. It is not too late to consider commercial value when you are more mature and play the main role in the club in the future.

After hearing this, the three of them happily accepted it, Feng Kai was right, they are indeed not big stars now, and it is better to put the business contract or something aside as much as possible.

Feng Kai really cares about these children, in fact, the agent can also make a sum of money in the player's commercial contract, as long as Feng Kai can nod and agree, then he can get paid from the advertisements of the three teenagers. But Feng Kai didn't do it, I'm afraid it has something to do with his family, although he is not super rich, but with his wife's two-story Chinese restaurant in Italy, it is enough for him to have food and clothing for the rest of his life.

He doesn't work as an agent for money, he likes football, but he can't play football, he admires these children, but he can't teach them skills and tactics, he can only use this way to remind them all the time and make them correct their positions.

More than ten years later, the accomplished Zhang Shujie mentioned Feng Kai separately in his autobiography: "I am very grateful to Uncle Feng, in my heart, he is not just an agent, he taught me how to eliminate temptation off the court, and reminded me to keep myself in check." ”

If you want to succeed, you can't do it alone. The friends around you and the relatives behind you are all your backing.

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Zhang Shujie returned to his hometown in Dalian.

There is no contract from an advertiser, and there is no harassment from fans, of course, he also changed his disguise a little on the way home, otherwise it would be difficult to get out if the fans recognized him. There are also some sharp-eyed fans who seem to recognize him, but they are not sure that Zhang Shujie covered it up well, so he was not "exposed on the spot".

"Mom, Dad, I'm back. As soon as he got home, Zhang Shujie called out to his parents.

Zhang Hongwei and Fang Minqing knew that he would be home today, so they asked for leave at the unit to wait for him at home, originally planned to pick him up at the airport, Zhang Shujie said no, just take a ride back by himself.

Seeing his son return home, Fang Minqing immediately stepped forward and caressed his face lovingly: "Ajie, you're back, it's been three years! Look at you, you're dark and thin." ”

"Why, I've made a lot stronger. Zhang Shujie showed off his biceps.

Zhang Hongwei put down the newspaper and walked up with a smile: "Well, it has changed a lot, like a professional player." Applejack, have you grown taller?"

"Yes, the net height is one meter eighty-five!" Zhang Shujie said proudly.

Fang Minqing quietly wiped his eyes: "What are you doing standing at the door?" ”

The old couple welcomed him into the house, and before Zhang Shujie sat down, Fang Minqing asked long and short, what "is it good to live in Italy", "is it good to sleep well", "is the competition hard", "is the coach fierce", "do foreigners discriminate against Chinese" and so on.

Zhang Shujie answered his mother's questions one by one, and they all answered truthfully. Fang Minqing also relieved when she heard her son's description.

Zhang Hongwei asked less, mostly asked him about the game, and said that he and Fang Minqing would not miss every Parma game. During this period, I have seen my son's dazzling performance, and I have also seen him when he is not in good shape, but it doesn't matter, he is still young, Zhang Hongwei believes that he will definitely overcome it.

Fang Minqing patted Zhang Shujie's hand: "I've been on a plane for so long, are you tired? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something first and then rest for a while? I'll make it for you what you want to eat." ”

Zhang Shujie smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry, I bought some things for you from Italy and came back." ”

He opened the baggage and took out a piece of women's clothing: "Mom, look, this is for you, Versace, a world famous brand." ”

Fang Minqing took it: "Ouch, this is very expensive, right?"

"It's okay, I can afford it. The one I picked specifically for you should be a good fit. ”

After speaking, Zhang Shujie took out another watch and gave it to Zhang Hongwei: "Dad, this is Gucci, which is also a well-known world famous brand, and I will give it to you." ”

Zhang Hongwei put it on his wrist with a smile on his face, he had heard of Gucci, but he didn't wear it for the first time. It's just that when he looked at it, he didn't see anything special from this watch.

But since it was Gucci given by his son, it must not be fake.

There are also some things in the bag that I gave to a friend. Fang Minqing frowned and asked, "Ajie, tell me honestly, how much did this cost you?"

"It's not much, Mom, you also know that EU countries use euros, and everything adds up to about 10,000 euros, which can be exchanged for up to 100,000 yuan. ”

"One hundred thousand?" In Fang Minqing's eyes, this number is not small.

Zhang Shujie explained: "Mom, you don't have to worry, my annual salary and bonuses are combined, and there are hundreds of thousands of yuan when converted into RMB." ”

"If you do that in this way, you don't have 100,000 euros a year?" Your dad said that a lot of football is millions of euros a year!"

"Mom, that's a superstar, I'm just an ordinary player, or in a small club like Parma, and it's not an absolute main force, it's good to have tens of thousands of euros a year. You have to know that the highest paid person in our team is only 1.3 million euros. ”

Fang Minqing didn't ask. Zhang Shujie's current salary is indeed not much. As we all know, the salaries of Serie A players are generally not high, which is mainly related to the ownership of the stadium. The Serie A team's stadium does not belong to the club, but to the local government, which has to pay an annual rent to the government in order to continue to use the venue. This also makes Serie A have an unwritten rule, and the stadium rent handed over to the government is borne by the players, resulting in the overall salary of Serie A players is not as good as the Premier League and La Liga.

For example, Kaka's annual salary after tax was 9 million euros (Italy is 100% tax, and Kaka's pre-tax salary is 18 million), and Ibrahimovic's annual salary after tax was 12 million euros (24 million before tax), these are only exceptions and only exist in a very small number of people. The 6 million euros of Shevchenko, Totti and other players before Kaka is already the highest in Serie A, and if it is changed to La Liga in the Premier League, there are many people who take this number.

So at present, Zhang Shujie's salary is really very low! But he is not unacceptable to the price of these gifts.

"Mom, Dad, I have something to say to you. Zhang Shujie became a little restrained.

Zhang Hongwei felt strange, was there anything in the family that he couldn't let go?

Zhang Shujie hesitated a few times before he said, "I want to ask...... Can I be in a relationship now?"

When the old couple heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then Fang Minqing smiled and said, "That's it?"

"Yes. ”

"I thought it was a big deal. Of course, you're all in the workforce, you're an adult. ”

Zhang Hongwei smiled and said, "Why did you suddenly say this question?"

"I'll just ask. Zhang Shujie decided to hide it first.

Zhang Hongwei was not fooled, and still smiled: "Are you fanciing any girl?"

Zhang Shujie touched his nose: "This ......"

"Son, you are a man, you have to be decisive! Just like you shoot on the field, you can't hesitate! Come, tell your father, who do you like?"

"Don't worry, I don't know what people think. ”

"Oh, my son is also a little famous in China, what girl can't look down on you?"

"Dad, you didn't say that. You see I'm only nineteen years old, right? That girl is definitely not older than me, and she is still studying. I'll tell you more about it later, okay? I'll have to ask somebody what they mean. ”

"But ......"

"Don't be, Dad, I need to go and take a break, reverse the jet lag, I'll be at home with you for the past two days. I'll go and rest first. Before he finished speaking, Zhang Shujie ran into the bedroom.

Zhang Hongwei looked at his wife: "This kid, I thought he only knew how to play football, and didn't know how to find girls, but I didn't expect to go behind our backs to find a partner." ”

Fang Minqing glared at her husband: "You think it's all like you?" ”

"What's wrong with me? I ...... when I was younger"

"Okay, okay, if I hadn't married you, would you have been able to marry a wife? Your mother told me that the ...... next door to your house at that time"

"Don't say it, don't say it, the hero doesn't mention the 'brave' back then, let's still think about the child's matter. Zhang Hongwei heard Fang Minqing talk about his previous disgraceful things, and hurriedly called a pause.

He smiled, "What do you think Applejack's crush girl looks like?"

"How do I know that? Didn't he say we'll talk about it later?"

Zhang Hongwei pondered: "Our Zhang family's daughter-in-law must go up to the hall and down to the kitchen!" He was still laughing when he said this, and he laughed very happily.