The impact of the first round of the World Cup was not big enough, because there were 24 teams competing in the same period, and most of the media would only report on their own country's group, and at most focus on the most popular teams in the world.

But Group D is different, the media influence of both Britain and France is big enough, and the impact of these two countries after they are out is even greater.

As the first group in Group D, the Chinese team has naturally attracted the attention of the world, which will be hailed as the biggest dark horse of this World Cup.

The outstanding players of the Chinese team are also rising in value at this time, for example, some teams have already made an offer to Lin Yaodong.

Wu Jie, as the absolute core of the biggest dark horse, scored 5 goals in the first round of the group stage, leading the scorer list by two goals, and naturally became the most popular star in this World Cup.

In addition, the World Cup promotional song he composed also put another layer of idol halo on the superstar's halo, and well-known media around the world are reporting on Wu Jie's performance on and off the field, and seeking opportunities to interview him.

Wu Jie's behind-the-scenes team has been divided into four groups, one of which is responsible for MSM's European branch, one group is responsible for the Americas branch, one group is responsible for the Asian branch, and the last group is a team he created himself is responsible for China, which does not belong to MSM.

But given that his ability to attract money is bound to become unprecedentedly terrifying after this World Cup, Wu Jie has been privately discussing something else with the core members of the European and Asian branches.

It's a bit of a no-brainer, but it's not that hard to do.

Both of his teams know that after the World Cup, Wu Jie has at least $20 million a year in Europe and Japan alone.

Now most of this money has been taken away by Wu Jie and MSM, who are also senior wage earners after they are busy, at most they have more wages and bonuses.

But if they start a new business with Wu Jie, they are all minority shareholders of the new company, and the original MSM company's income will be taken away by them.

In this case, it's no wonder that they don't stand behind Wu Jie.

There is no need for Wu Jie to take the initiative, now these people are instigating and planning behind his back, coercing him to lead everyone to set up another door.

"Boss, here's the list that just came together."

The day after the Chinese team qualified, his personal assistant compiled a list of nearly 30 well-known media outlets from around the world, all of whom wanted to do an interview with Mr. Wu.

"Tell me, which of them is sincere?"

"Time magazine wants to create a cover for you, France Football, Milan Sport, Marca, Le Monde Sport, all of them want to sign an interview contract with us, preferably an exclusive one."

Wu Jie took the list and looked at it, which was marked according to the influence and the level of the offer, and even the quality of the interview script was scored, which obviously helped him pass the test.

"You pick three and I'll be interviewed during the second round of the group stage. As for this one, you guys have increased the offer tenfold! ”

Wu Jie finally found "BBC", these guys didn't give the interview script, and they didn't plan to give money, so they were directly thrown to the back by his team.

Date didn't know Wu Jie's intentions, and she didn't plan to ask.

Wu Jie naturally had a deep meaning in doing this, he had to let Isabella come to him in person, and he also believed that Isabella could find a way.

As for interview contracts, basically Europe's top stars will sign contracts with some big-name media outlets, which is also the way for the media to get exclusive and first-hand information.

He is now the most expensive star, and most media and TV stations must clearly mark the price if they want to hear exclusive and first-hand information from him, especially for interviews and shows.

But it's not enough to just give money, you have to hand over the interview script, script, and script to his behind-the-scenes team for review in advance, and this step can only be passed to really close the deal.

Real big-name stars and stars are like this, every event has a script and script, including public welfare activities, there is also a behind-the-scenes team to check, at most no money is charged.

Wu Jie doesn't care about this money, but these things can make those media dare not mess with him.

Now which media maliciously spreads rumors and slanders against him, not only will the interview be useless in the future, but it will also be difficult to find his team for exclusive and first-hand information.

This is also Wu Jie's way to control public opinion in the future, his influence alone is limited after all, but in the future, Chen Haonan and Lin Yaodong will join his agency, and even bring many European local stars to join.

At that time, the European media really didn't dare to spread rumors about him anymore, otherwise they wouldn't be able to interview his company's stars, and they wouldn't be able to get exclusive news and first-hand information.

This method is much stronger than his use of cards to retaliate, and the influential sports media in Europe, or the comprehensive media that report on sports, add up to less than thirty or forty, if you can deal with how many with cards alone?

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On 10 July, the qualifiers for all groups were announced, and FIFA held the draw for the second round of the group stage that evening.

The players of the Chinese team naturally watched the live broadcast in front of the TV, and there were many upsets in the first round of the group stage of this year's World Cup, in other words, many teams in the first and second pots were eliminated in the first round.

If you can draw a good group in the second round of the group stage, then you can greatly increase your chances of qualifying.

"Don't dream, if you want me to say that you don't need to watch it at all, the group that will die the most will definitely have us!"

Lin Yaodong's words were very inadequate, and most of the players were praying to God and worshiping Buddha, but he opened his mouth to extinguish a wave of momentum.

At this time, the first round of the draw began, and everyone didn't care about playing him for the time being, so they concentrated on watching the live broadcast of the draw first.

The Chinese team was the first place in Group D, so they were taken out in the first round of the draw, and as a result, they were assigned to Group C, and two teams had byes.

After the first round of the draw is over, the second round of the draw will start shortly thereafter.

This time, the second place finishers in the first round of the group stage were drawn, and in the end, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Italy, and Austria were drawn, and the other two teams also rolled into the next round.

"Damn, it's Italy!"

"It's okay, it's okay, Italy didn't play well in the group stage, they almost didn't qualify!"

"That's right, it's better to draw Italy than to draw the host Spain."

After the Chinese players saw that the third team in Group C to be drawn was Italy, they could only console themselves with the opponent's sluggish performance in the first round of the group stage.

"Guys, who are the four teams that got byes in the two draws?"

Lin Yaodong quickly pointed to the four teams shown on the TV screen and laughed.

Everyone looked at it and saw that the flags of Spain, Argentina, Germany, and Brazil were flagged.

Well, it seems that Spain is a little weaker among these four teams.

But people are hosts, and it's basically hard to beat any of them!

Wu Jie didn't speak, but he knew that it would be just as difficult to play anyone in this round, because few of the 12 teams were weak teams, and the weakest ones were actually themselves.

The Chinese players were discussing the draw process, which soon came to the final round.

Brazil's name was drawn first, which was a relief to everyone, as the most luxurious team in this year's World Cup squad was Brazil, who also performed very well in the group stage.

Argentina's name was drawn second, and the Chinese players immediately made a voice of regret, because Argentina played like this year, and they were able to qualify because the other teams in the group were too weak, and it would be good if the Chinese team could draw Argentina.

The third name to be drawn was Germany, and everyone immediately knew that it was another group of death.

"Damn, I'm really right for you, we're going to fight Italy and Germany."

"Alas, in fact, it's not easy to beat any group!"

"That is, we have already played the second round, where are the weak teams left!"

"Hehe, doesn't that mean we're also a strong team?"

After the Chinese player complained twice, he suddenly became optimistic again.

"I think they all think of us as soft persimmons, and believe it or not, Italy and Germany are now toasting after seeing the results of the draw."

Lin Yaodong muttered in a low voice, but the result was naturally heard by his teammates, because he was not so quiet at all.

Chen Haonan couldn't bear it anymore, so he jumped on it and rode on him.

Lin Yaodong was about to struggle, and immediately several people ran over to help hold down his arms and thighs.

"Am I wrong? The Germans and Italians are surely celebrating with firecrackers! Let me go, little man! ”

Lin Yaodong was still shouting loudly, and almost shouted a few words of harmony.

"You hateful Hong Kong people, today I will let you know the fate of growing the morale of others and destroying your own prestige, this time you have to swell your mouth."

Chen Haonan took a harmony magazine that he didn't know who bought and began to slap his stinky mouth.

"You're a Hong Kong person, your whole family is a Hong Kong person!"

Lin Yaodong's mouth was still idle, and Wu Jie couldn't help laughing on the side.

Of course, he knows that this is the character set by Lin Yaodong, and he is using his own methods to help the team relieve pressure.

These team members were making a fuss, and the atmosphere became cheerful, because Chen Haonan began to pick up Lin Yaodong's pants, and the pressure from the death team had just been pumped in the room, and this meeting dissipated a lot!

Wu Jie thinks this is good, every team must have a pistachio, that is, someone who is good at enlivening the atmosphere.

His identity is not suitable for making such jokes with his teammates, and Chen Haonan's personality is not suitable, only Lin Yaodong is very suitable for this role.

Wu Jie looked at the TV again, this group is really bad for the Chinese team, but there are no weak teams in this round, and their tasks have long been overfulfilled, and every step next is a historic breakthrough.

What we need to do now is to adjust our mentality, don't put too much pressure on ourselves, and deal with it with a normal heart.

That evening, the schedule for each group was also released.

China will play West Germany on July 12, Italy on the 15th, and then wait for the match between West Germany and Italy on the 19th.

Such a schedule is very unscientific, especially very unfriendly to the Chinese team.

But what can be done, the other three groups also have a team on the same schedule as the Chinese team, and it is useless for them to protest.

The next day, the Chinese team departed for Barcelona.

Group C matches are played in Spain's second-largest city, with all three matches being played at the 120,000-capacity Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe.

The Chinese players are naturally interested in playing in such a prestigious stadium, but they are unaware that the local media in Barcelona, especially Daily Sport and World Sport, are also interested in them.

Wu Jie even saw dozens of local Barcelona fans, and possibly his fans, holding aloft signs that read "Welcome aliens to Barcelona" as he got off the plane.

This sentence is obviously a pun, because the news that Barcelona has been competing for Wu Jie has long been more than just a rumor, everyone knows that they are pursuing Wu Jie and finally chose Maradona.

Now Maradona has scored only one goal in the World Cup, and Argentina is close to being eliminated in the first round.

Wu Jie continued to attack heavily in the World Cup, leading the world's 46th-ranked Chinese team to defeat the British and French alliances!

Barcelona fans certainly want their team to buy the alien, and the Camp Nou should have a superstar to make Europe's top stadium worthwhile.