Chapter 67: Returning Home
After completing the contract amendment with Dortmund, Cheng Hai took the name of "Mr. 100 million euros" on the plane back to China, accompanied by Baker and several of his assistants.
There are still several endorsement contracts in China that require Cheng Hai to sign contracts, shoot advertisements, etc., as well as an exclusive interview with CCTV-5.
Cheng Hai is completely popular in China.
At Beiping International Airport, thousands of fans even came to pick up Cheng Hai, and the momentum was no less than that of any entertainment star in China.
Cheng Hai helped the National Olympic team win the Asian Games championship, the first scorer in the Bundesliga, the world record of 9.56 seconds in the 100 meters, and 100 million euros in liquidated damages, etc., making him no weaker than any domestic entertainment star in terms of popularity and popularity.
In Beiping, Cheng Hai signed endorsements for three top domestic brands, filmed advertisements for a few days, attended a charity gala, and donated some money.
Just when Cheng Hai was stranded in Beiping, on December 28, the Football Association announced the final squad of the national football team to participate in the 15th Qatar Asian Cup in 2011.
This is the real Chinese men's national football team, not the U23 national Olympic team, the game played is an international A' level competition, and the goals scored can also be counted as career goals, rather than the Asian Games games like the national Olympic team, goals can only be counted as youth team goals, not professional goals.
There is no doubt that Cheng Hai was selected for the national football team, the number is No. 9, which represents the main striker, and Cheng Hai was appointed as the first captain, and the original captain Zheng Zhi abdicated as the second captain, and only performed the captain's duties when Cheng Hai was not on the field.
You must know that this is the senior national team, and the oldest Zheng Zhi in the team is 30 years old. Except for Cheng Hai, the youngest player is also 21 years old, 3 years older than Cheng Hai.
In this way, Cheng Hai was also appointed as the captain of the national team, which shows how high the Football Association and the national football coaching staff have high hopes for Cheng Hai.
And Zheng Zhi and other old fritters of the national football team did not express their dissatisfaction, and in interviews they all said that they welcomed Cheng Hai to join the national football family, and Cheng Hai's current strength and achievements are unmatched in domestic football.
Although Cheng Hai is young, he is famous and prestigious, and he is the captain and leads everyone to the Asian Cup, and no one will be unconvinced.
It can be said that as long as Cheng Hai is not injured and retires early, in the next ten years, Cheng Hai will be the main force and captain of the Chinese national team.
Of course, there may be a few people who are a little unconvinced in their hearts and feel that Cheng Hai is not qualified, but they dare not say it.
With the huge prestige of Cheng Hai's Olympic captain, Asian Games gold medal, 100m 9.56 seconds, and the first place in the Bundesliga scorer list, whether from the media, fans, or even the Football Association, they all support Cheng Hai as the captain.
When Cheng Hai was interviewed, he was not hypocritical, thanked the national team for the call-up and appointment, and said that he would go all out to lead the big brothers of the national football team to make a breakthrough in the Asian Cup.
Although Cheng Hai did not say the word to win the championship, the national football team has won the runner-up in the Asian Cup before.
If you want to make a breakthrough in the Asian Cup, there is only the championship, and Cheng Hai's implication is obvious, he is going to the championship!
This made the media and fans quite excited and anticipated.
The national football team will report on December 31 that it will fly from Peking to Qatar to prepare for the Asian Cup.
The first match of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup was on January 8, 2011, and the national football team will prepare for a week in Qatar.
However, Cheng Hai was allowed to postpone the application and fly to Qatar again on January 4 to rendezvous.
Because the end of the Bundesliga is much later than that of the Chinese Super League, it is already December 29 for Cheng Hai to deal with the affairs of Beiping, and he still wants to go back to his hometown to rest for a few days!
If it were anyone else, the manager would never have agreed.
But because Cheng Hai showed an extraordinary recovery ability during the Asian Games, head coach Gao Hongbo agreed to Cheng Hai's application to postpone the report.
On December 29, after dealing with Beiping's brand endorsement and media interviews, Cheng Hai flew back to his hometown of Qianzhou Province by plane.
returned to Qianzhou with Cheng Hai, as well as a personal secretary Yue Yonghao and professional bodyguard Han Zhijun. Of course, it's all men.
After all, they are all people who already have an annual salary of 20 million yuan, and they are still public figures, and logistics and security still have to keep up.
Therefore, after discussing with Cheng Hai, Baker recruited a personal secretary proficient in German and English and a professional bodyguard who knew English for him in Beiping, and first solved some basic travel, accommodation, and safety issues.
In addition, after Baker returns to Europe, he will help him recruit a financial assistant who is proficient in European and American finance to deal with his financial problems.
Cheng Hai's income has increased dramatically now, but it is not only a matter of the club's annual salary and bonuses, but also a large amount of endorsement fees.
Backed by the huge Chinese market, even if Cheng Hai does not receive a lot of endorsements, he makes much more money than stars in other countries.
For example, Usain Bolt, if he was born in China, his worth may skyrocket more than ten times.
According to rough estimates, Cheng Hai's annual salary in the club is now more than 2 million euros, and the income from bonuses and endorsement fees may be higher than the annual salary, reaching four or five million euros. It will get higher and higher as time goes on.
Naturally, so much money can't stay in the account to eat interest, which is not enough for inflation to cut leeks, so it is necessary to hire a financial assistant who is proficient in finance to manage and invest.
In Qianyang City, the capital of Qianzhou Province, Cheng Hai stayed for a day, was received by a leader in charge of culture and sports, and signed a contract to become the tourism ambassador of Qianzhou Province.
Of course, there is no remuneration, it is just an obligation to do something for the hometown, but it is also an honor.
Subsequently, the Provincial Sports Bureau borrowed an off-road vehicle for Cheng Hai, and Yue Yonghao and Han Zhijun took turns driving back to their hometown.
First drive from Qianyang City to Hongzun City, there is a high-speed, but it also takes more than two hours.
But from Hongzun City to the county, there is no high-speed, and between the mountains and mountains, the winding mountain road is narrow and rotten, and it is a national highway, the traffic flow is very large, and there are often traffic jams.
After getting off the highway in Hongzun City to the county, a distance of more than 80 kilometers, Cheng Hai and the three of them drove for 4 hours before returning home.
Cheng Hai's home is on the edge of the national highway on the outskirts of the county, and the newly built three-story villa and large yard are already full of people inside and out.
Because Cheng Hai's popularity is too high, he is interviewed by reporters everywhere he goes, and yesterday's meeting with provincial leaders and signing an image ambassador were all broadcast on the provincial news network, and his relatives and friends and neighbors at home all knew that Cheng Hai would come back today, and he was waiting at home early in the morning to prepare to watch the big star.
There are also cadres at the village and town levels, as well as reporters from city and county television stations, all waiting at Cheng Hai's house, with one or two hundred people inside and out, filling the three-story villa and the courtyard of one or two hundred square meters.
Although Cheng Songquan and Xi Yulin had a hard time entertaining these guests, they were still very happy in their hearts.
This is definitely a glorious ancestor.
Nearly half a year has passed since he got his passport in July and left home, and on the afternoon of December 30, Cheng Hai finally returned home.
Cheng Hai's return home naturally caused a sensation in the whole village, and some of the people who were reserved before did not come to Cheng Hai's house to wait, heard that Cheng Hai rushed over to see the strangeness after arriving home.
"Ah Hai is so tall? It wasn't that high. ”
"I've gotten a lot stronger!"
"That's, don't look at what Ah Hai does? Football players, not tall, strong, that is not on the field by others and knocked away? ”
"Who are those two people who came back with Cheng Hai?"
"I heard that it was his assistant and driver, but I didn't think the driver looked like a driver, but like a bodyguard."
"It must be a bodyguard, the driver is just a part-time job! doesn't look at Cheng Hai's current identity and worth? It's all too normal to hire an assistant and bodyguard. ”
"Yes! With an annual salary of tens of millions, it is too normal to hire personal assistants and drivers. ”
"Cheng Songquan and Xi Yulin are now considered to have survived, it turned out that their family was the poorest, but they didn't expect to become multimillionaires in less than half a year, and looking at this momentum, they are not far from billionaires."
"In other words, Cheng Songquan said that he wanted to build a tea factory and lead everyone to grow tea to get rich, is it true?"
"I don't know, but they must have the financial resources! As long as the tea factory is built, plus Cheng Hai promotes it for free, it will be exciting to think about it. Not to mention the best-selling all over the country, I think it is possible to sell well all over the world. ”
"Yes! I think we have to quickly support Cheng Songquan to build a tea factory, and we will also plant the land into tea, and sell the tea to them in the future, which is much more cost-effective than simply farming. ”
"I have a relative whose family grows tea, and the income of one mu of tea is several times higher than that of crops in a year, which is definitely cost-effective."
"I want Cheng Song to lead everyone to do it all! If he doesn't open a tea factory, we won't be able to sell our tea, and even if we do, we will be exploited by tea sellers, and we won't be able to get rich. ”
"I think it's okay! Cheng Songquan has said this on more than one occasion, as long as Cheng Hai's funds are in place, it is not easy to build a tea factory? ”
"Hmmm! Everyone still has to show respect to Cheng Songquan and Xi Yulin in the future! If we want to make a fortune, we have to fall on both of them. ”
"Just kidding, even if we don't make a fortune, we have to be respectful, and we don't look at the fame and status of other people's son Cheng Hai."
"Haha, that's right!"
There is a sentence that sums it up well, the first 30 years look at the father and respect the son, and the last 30 years look at the son and respect the father, which vividly illustrates the relationship between father and son.
Although Cheng Hai is not yet 30 years old, his achievements are higher than most 30-year-olds in the world.
Therefore, regardless of whether there is a conflict of interest or not, relatives and neighbors must respect his parents and dare not offend.
That night, although not every villager had dinner at home, Cheng Hai's family still set up six tables and entertained more than 50 people, including relatives and friends, village and town cadres, and reporters.
Fortunately, there are relatives to help, and everyone will entertain together, otherwise Cheng Songquan and his wife alone would not be able to do such a big reception.
Some close relatives and friends asked a lot of questions that everyone was curious about, satisfying everyone's curiosity.
When he came back this time, Cheng Hai definitely returned to his hometown.
That night, after the excited villagers talked about leaving, Cheng Hai left his uncle, who was the mayor of Linzhen, a cousin who was engaged in construction engineering, a cousin who ran a taxi company, and a cousin of a bank on his Cheng family's side, a cousin who was engaged in communication design, and an uncle, third uncle and others, and had a family meeting.
Cheng Hai finally confirmed his parents' thoughts, Cheng Songquan and Xi Yulin still don't want to go to the big city to live in a community building and enjoy Qingfu, they still want to stay in their hometown, familiar and cordial.
There are memories of their lifelong struggles, there are familiar relatives, friends, villagers and neighbors, they can be respected enough here, they don't want to move to a strange big city, and they may not be able to find anyone to talk to.
Subsequently, everyone gave advice to Cheng Songquan on how to lead the villagers to make a fortune.
To be respected by the villagers in the local area, it is not enough to be rich and famous, you have to give everyone benefits, and you have to lead everyone to become rich and well-off.
But let Cheng Hai take the money to do charity, it will definitely not work, and Shengmi's enmity is a warning saying from the old-timers.
In this county, tea and wine are the two most famous industries, but Cheng Hai's identity is undoubtedly not suitable for his family to run wine, and he cannot lead the villagers to get rich.
Therefore, as I said before, Cheng Hai paid for the construction of a tea factory, and called on the villagers to abandon crops and plant tea cash crops instead, and the tea picked was directly sold to the nearest tea factory, and the tea factory was processed into a finished product and sold to other places using Cheng Hai's fame.
It's just that Cheng Hai is not short of this little money, and the profit can be set lower, give more concessions to the villagers, and buy tea at a fair price.
In terms of scale, Cheng Hai is not short of money now, but he wants to go directly to a large-scale tea factory, but he was persuaded by his assistant Yue Yonghao to cancel this plan.
Even if the tea is grown, it will take two or three years to start receiving large quantities.
Cheng Songquan has no experience, and it is a bit inappropriate to make the scale too big, so it is better to build a small factory and slowly explore the experience, with experience, the villagers' tea is also greatly picked, and then expand the scale step by step.
Anyway, Cheng Hai didn't want to make a fortune by this, but just let his father have something to do, and by the way, he could lead the villagers to get rich, so that his parents could be more respected and live more comfortably in the village.
But there is no need to build a big factory as soon as you come up, it is beyond the ability of Cheng Songquan and his wife, making them more tired, but it is a burden.
Yue Yonghao was reasonable, and quickly persuaded Cheng Hai's entire family and agreed with his proposal, first invest hundreds of thousands of yuan to build a small factory, put up a shelf, and conduct small-scale trial operation, and then slowly explore.
Subsequently, entering the New Year, on New Year's Day on January 1, 2011, Cheng Songquan rented more than ten tables and benches in the name of the New Year, invited a few chefs, killed a pig, a sheep, and chicken, duck, fish, and various seafood, set up more than ten tables, and a real feast.
In the next few days, Cheng Hai met with local leaders, went to his alma mater in middle school and primary school to donate some money, and discussed the details of opening a tea factory with his parents, relatives and villagers in more detail.
Of course, everyone will not make a desperate gamble to use all the land to grow tea, and not everyone will respond to Cheng Songquan's call.
There will be a few bulls in any village, and there is no way to do it, you can't force it.
With Cheng Hai's face, the tea factory must have no problem in handling various documents, and the county leaders were afraid that Cheng Hai would become famous and rich, so they took their parents to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities to settle down.
Now Cheng Hai's parents continue to stay in the local area, and they are also the leaders of the villagers, and if they want to set up a factory and lead the villagers to get rich, they must be strongly supported.
I was afraid that Cheng Songquan would not understand anything, so he sent a person from the county agricultural bureau to help guide the preparation for the construction of the tea factory, and to build the tea factory in time for next year's spring tea to be picked.
Although there is no large-scale cultivation of tea in the village now, there are some sporadic ones, which are usually taken to the tea market to sell after picking, and they have to be earned by the second dealers.
If Cheng Songquan's tea factory is built, at least the tea of these villagers in his own village can be purchased at the nearest factory price, so as not to be made by the second dealers.
Of course, these specific things will not return to Cheng Haiguan.
He stayed at home for a few days, visited several elders, and after each of them paid a little respect, on January 3, 2011, Cheng Hai, Yue Yonghao, and Han Zhijun left their hometown and drove back to Qianyang City.
After returning the car in Qianyang City, resting for the night, the next day took a connecting flight to Doha, Qatar.
After more than 10 hours of flight, Cheng Hai and the three arrived in Doha.
However, because of the time difference, the three of them arrived not in the evening, but in the afternoon.
The return of the first captain of the national football team naturally attracted the attention of many Chinese media and fans, and there were hundreds of overseas Chinese fans who met at Doha Airport, as well as several Chinese media reporters.
When the reporter worriedly asked Cheng Hai about how long it would affect the team's cooperation and preparation, Cheng Hai said that there was no problem, and his recovery ability was very good.
In fact, because Cheng Hai has the function of dream training, after joining the national football team, his teammates when he enters dream training at night will be replaced by teammates of the national football team, which can let him understand the passing and running habits of his teammates in the dream, so that he can integrate into the team more quickly.
Coupled with the energy recovery function of dream training, he can devote himself to training every day, even if it is only a few days before the start of the game, he is no worse than those players who train early.
After following the national football administrator who picked up the airport to the hotel where the national football team stayed, Cheng Hai really met the team leader, head coach, and teammates of the national football team.
Although there are several old teammates in the national football team, most of them are players who have never met each other, so it is necessary to introduce each other to each other.
Therefore, the national football team held a welcome meeting to welcome Cheng Hai's arrival, and unified their thinking, reiterating the goal of this Qatar Asian Cup, which is the top four.
After the welcome meeting, Cheng Hai officially joined the team, and then received the task about the Qatar Asian Cup issued by the system:
Mission 7: Asian Cup Champion
Requirements: Help the Chinese men's national football team win the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup
Success Reward: 200 Skill Points
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