Chapter 102: A Change in Hometown

Ordinary players naturally go back to their own homes, find their own mothers, and have a peaceful vacation.

But a supernova like Cheng Hai, who has become popular like a rocket, has a lot of things to do.

"Bild", "Kicker", "French Football", "Milan Sport" and other large European media group interviews, German TV talk shows, various top brand endorsement negotiations, contract changes with clubs, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Manchester United and other super giants' seduction, etc., Cheng Hai has entered an extremely busy rhythm.

Fortunately, Cheng Hai now has a personal secretary Yue Yonghao, a bodyguard and driver Han Zhijun, and has also bought two cars, one for Cheng Hai's own use and one for commercial use when everyone travels together.

Cheng Hai's driving was learned from Han Zhijun, he got a German driver's license, and he was going to return to China to get a domestic driver's license.

Then he hired Wei Rong, a financial director who is proficient in multi-Chinese, law, and accounting, and cooperated with the agent Baker and many assistants of his brokerage company, so that Cheng Hai would not be busy.

He only needs to get the money in place, and the rest is arranged by a team of assistants led by Baker.

When Cheng Hai was busy, on the evening of May 21, the 38th and final round of the Spanish First Division ended.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the final round of fixtures to take his La Liga tally to 40 goals this season.

Originally, Ronaldo was more than ten goals behind Cheng Hai, but in the last few rounds, he scored two goals and a hat trick in turn, with an average goal rate of more than 2 per game, and finally increased his league goals to 40 goals, only 5 goals behind Cheng Hai.

If there are two more rounds in La Liga and Ronaldo has two more hat tricks, I am afraid it may be possible to overtake the process.

Terrifying indeed, a superstar who has set a world record for transfer fees.

Of course, it is also quite a pity for the media and fans who support Ronaldo.

Ronaldo's 40 goals in La Liga is already quite high, with an average of more than 1 goal per game. Without Cheng Hai's sudden rise, this season's European Golden Boot would be in Ronaldo's bag.

It's a pity that he was cut off by Cheng Hai.

With the end of La Liga, Cheng Hai's theoretical European Golden Boot has also become a reality. However, there are still some European leagues that have not ended, and some leagues are not yet New Year's Eve, and there are theoretical variables.

Therefore, the European Golden Boot Award will not be finalized and awarded until the end of the year, and Cheng Hai's experience reward will have to wait.

Also on this day, the Chinese Football Association announced the latest list of the national Olympic team that will participate in the 2012 London Olympic Games Asian qualifiers, and Cheng Hai is naturally on the list.

In the past few days of staying in Germany, Cheng Hai has also completed the contract revision with the club.

Although Real Madrid offered a transfer fee of up to 80 million euros, neither Dortmund nor Cheng Hai himself agreed.

Dortmund will participate in the Champions League next season, and Dortmund under Klopp is getting better and better, and it is the time for results, Cheng Hai is also the well-deserved first core of the team, and the whole team is around him.

In Dortmund, Cheng Hai can focus all his energy on the game without distraction and work hard to win the championship.

But if you transfer to Real Madrid, you have to adapt to a new environment, and you have to face getting along with the strong coach Jose Mourinho, as well as the dressing room battles with superstar teammates Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Casillas, Ramos and other different factions, which is not worth thinking about.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Cheng Hai and Baker still rejected the solicitation of the Galaxy Battleship.

Of course, Dortmund's failure to accept the offer was also a major reason.

For Borussia Dortmund, 80 million euros is clearly not up to their psychological price.

Keeping Cheng Hai in the club for two years will not only bring more championships to the club, and may even be the Champions League champion, but also Cheng Hai's worth will definitely be more than 80 million two years later, and at least 100 million euros in liquidated damages will be taken away.

Stay for two years, earn 20 million more, and have a few more championships, why not?

Therefore, Dortmund did not hesitate to reject the offers of many local tyrant teams, including Real Madrid, claiming that Cheng Hai was not for sale.

Of course, for the sake of An Chenghai's heart, to prevent him and his agent Baker from making any public remarks in the media that are unfavorable to Dortmund, Dortmund also revised Cheng Hai's contract and raised his salary.

Dortmund wanted to take this opportunity to change the contract period and liquidated damages, but neither Cheng Hai nor Baker agreed.

Therefore, the salary has increased, but it is not too big, although it has doubled and a half to an annual salary of 5 million euros, but compared with Cheng Hai's current strength and achievements, this salary is low, and he can't even enter the top 20 in European football.

However, it is already the highest salary in the Dortmund team.

With Cheng Hai's qualifications of only one year in the team and his age under 20 years old, this salary and treatment are not too bad for him.

Of course, the main reason is that Cheng Hai and Baker did not agree to modify the contract period and liquidated damages, if the two agree to extend the contract period and modify the liquidated damages to 200 million euros, Dortmund will give Cheng Hai an annual salary of 8 million.

The Bundesliga Golden Boot record, the European Golden Boot, the European record of 25 goals in a single season, etc., are worth this salary.

No, Cheng Hai and Baker didn't care too much about this annual salary, because Cheng Hai, who is backed by the Chinese market, has far exceeded the club's salary in advertising endorsements.

As long as the team environment is good and wins more championships and individual honors next season, the new endorsement fee income can be much more than the salary.

After handling the contract and endorsement, on May 25, Cheng Hai rented a hotel and held a birthday party for his 19th birthday, inviting the club's management, team coaches, teammates, as well as some fan representatives, overseas Chinese, and journalist representatives to attend, with one or two hundred people.

From this day on, Cheng Hai will be considered a 19-year-old person.

Ability to beat Ronaldo to win the European Golden Boot Award, Cheng Hai is now very famous, even if it is just a birthday party, it has also attracted media reports from all over the world, and countless fans have left messages on social media to wish Cheng Hai a happy birthday.

There are even brands that want to sponsor Cheng Hai's birthday party, and then advertise at the banquet, but Cheng Hai refused.

After his 19th birthday, Cheng Hai and Yue Yonghao and others stepped on the plane back to China.

Cheng Hai's return to China caused a great sensation.

Now, Cheng Hai, who has ended the Bundesliga and the League Cup, has deservedly become Asia's No. 1 sports superstar.

In just one year, Cheng Hai has been full of blockbuster championships and personal honors: Asian Cup, Asian Games, League Cup, Bundesliga four championship honors, Asian Cup Golden Boot/Best Player, Asian Games Golden Boot/Best Player, League Cup Golden Boot/Best Player, Bundesliga Golden Boot/Best Player, European Golden Boot and other personal honors, as well as countless new records, which pushed Cheng Hai's popularity and prestige to the top of Asia.

After returning to China, Cheng Hai was warmly welcomed by governments and media at all levels, from the central to the local level.

Accepting an exclusive interview with CCTV in Beiping, participating in public welfare activities, signing new endorsement contracts, attending business events, etc., Cheng Hai is no worse than in Germany.

Being famous is like that, no way.

During this period, the UEFA Champions League final, which is the heaviest of the season on May 2, officially began.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Barcelona, known as the Cosmos team, defeated Manchester United and lifted the Champions League trophy for the season.

Messi scored another goal in the final to win the Champions League Golden Boot of the season with 12 goals.

Barcelona's victory made countless supporters of Cheng Hai seem unhappy.

Because the influence of the Champions League in the minds of the media and fans is much higher than that of the League Cup, with the most golden championship and golden boot in European football, Messi can get more support than Cheng Hai.

In the FIFA Golden Ball voting at the end of the year, there is a high probability that Messi will win.

Naturally, some media interviewed Cheng Hai and asked him what he thought of Messi leading Barcelona to win the championship and winning the Golden Boot, as well as his prediction for the Golden Ball.

Although Cheng Hai was a little disappointed in his heart, it was naturally impossible to talk nonsense in the face of the media, and how to deal with the media was rehearsed after repeated discussions between agents and assistants.

Encountering this kind of problem, Cheng Hai naturally politely congratulated Messi and Barcelona on winning the championship.

For the Golden Globe Awards, Cheng Hai also modestly said that it is still far from the Golden Ball Awards voting at the end of the year, as a pure newcomer who has just entered football, he will not think about these things for the time being, but enjoy the holiday.

Cheng Hai's answer disappointed some of the media who wanted to hype up the talent battle between Cheng Hai and Messi.

But no matter what, it can be seen from the trend of this season that maybe the situation of Mero hegemony will appear with Cheng Hai joining.

Thinking a little more terrifying, maybe Cheng Hai is more dominant than Messi and Ronaldo.

Of course, that's all for later.

At least, in this summer, after Messi led Barcelona to win the Champions League, the media around the world were full of reports on Barcelona, and the attention to Cheng Hai dropped a lot.

But after returning to Qianyang City, the capital of Qianzhou Province, Cheng Hai still has to continue to participate in various activities, and the following Hongzun City and Tea City are almost the same.

It wasn't until the beginning of June that Cheng Hai returned home, and he could finally take a real vacation and rest for a few days.

During more than a week of rest at home, Cheng Hai met with several relatives and elders and visited the tea factory run by his parents.

The tea factory has been completely built, the scale is not large, covering an area of only two acres, and it is in the experimental stage.

But even so, it has brought great convenience to the nearby villagers.

At least the families who have grown tea have made it much easier to sell tea, and the price is fair, and the tea factory has also invited a few masters and staff to solve several employment problems.

For a rural village, the change is not small.

Of course, bigger changes are yet to come. Because everyone saw the construction and production of the tea factory, and the tea produced was successfully exported, there is no need to worry about going out of business.

Therefore, many villagers have begun to work hard to grow their own land into tea, and after a year or two, these tea leaves will gradually start to be picked and increase the yield year by year, which is much more profitable than planting corn and sweet potatoes.

The villagers are enjoying some benefits because of Cheng Hai's income.