Wang Hailiang, who stared straight at him, opened his mouth wide, and put on a shocked look, really made Zhang Yang feel helpless, and he was speechless for a long time and didn't know what to say.

'Rookie reporter' is by no means a critical description, but a true portrayal of Wang Hailiang.

Of course, that has nothing to do with the 'math teacher'.

Wang Hailiang's calculation ability is quite good, and the current exchange rate of RMB to British pound is about 16 to 1, 650,000 pounds is equivalent to more than 10 million yuan, and he can respond and calculate it in a few seconds, indicating that his mathematical level is qualified.

But what's so surprising about that?

Doesn't this guy know that he's interviewing the manager of a Premier League team? For the manager of a Premier League team, the salary scale must be calculated according to the 'Premier League standard'.

Last year, the average salary of Premier League players was 540,000 pounds, according to a survey report on the salary of Premier League players disclosed by the British "Independent": from the perspective of position on the field, the Premier League's strikers earn the most, with an average annual salary of 790,000 pounds, the average annual salary of midfielders is 690,000 pounds, the average annual salary of defenders is 490,000 pounds, and the average annual salary of goalkeepers is only 370,000 pounds.

That's part of the 'Premier League standard'.

The other small part is the 'head coach standard' of the 'Premier League standard', a team can have nearly 30 players, but there will only be one head coach, the role of the head coach is undoubted, and the salary of the big coach will definitely not be less.

'Blues' Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho's salary is calculated in millions, and the salary alone can be 5 million pounds in the first year of his contract.

Other well-known managers, such as Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, etc., all have annual salaries of more than two million pounds.

Next up is the second-tier manager, who also earns an average of more than £1 million a year.

That's after-tax income!

The tax on the wealthy in the UK is still relatively heavy, up to 46% of salary income, but the general rule in the Premier League is that clubs pay taxes for players and coaches.

This is one of the big reasons why there is a lot of wage pressure on Premier League clubs.

Zhang Yang's new contract can only get 650,000 pounds in the first year, compared to the Premier League manager's peers, the salary can only be regarded as a 'third-tier level'.

He was somewhat dissatisfied.

This level of salary, if measured by 'Chinese standards', is surprising enough.

As a journalist, you can't measure the salary of a Premier League manager by the 'Chinese standard' or the 'Chinese football standard'.

What can Zhang Yang say?

If he said something from his heart, "I still think the salary is very low", it would definitely be considered 'pretending to be X', and it was a bit excessive 'pretending to be X', but he really thought so in his heart.

So he could only be silent.

Zhang Yang is really too lazy to popularize the 'Premier League standard' for Wang Hailiang, as an interviewer, he doesn't even know this, and he is not qualified at all.

After Wang Hailiang was shocked, he finally came to his senses, "This should be the highest salary in Chinese football!" ”

"The highest salary?"

Zhang Yang frowned, interested in doubt.

Wang Hailiang found that he finally said something that attracted publicity, and immediately became energetic, "As far as I know, the highest annual salary of Chinese players before was about 8 million yuan, let alone coaches......

Zhang Yang shrugged his shoulders, "According to what you say, this 'first highest salary' is too easy to come." But keep asking, I don't want to talk about my salary. ”

"Of course, well!"

Wang Hailiang snorted, and immediately continued to ask questions, he prepared nearly ten questions, half of which had already been asked, and the next questions became a little more normal, all of which were for Zhang Yang to talk about Millwall, talk about the situation in the team, and a question about transfers, "Can you reveal which famous stars Millwall is going to sign?" ”

Zhang Yang pulled the corners of his mouth again.

Just by listening to the question, you can know how unreliable the reporter is, and the other party seems to have no understanding of Millwall's situation at all, right?

He took a deep breath and said lightly, "I want to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Ronaldinho, David Beckham, as well as Shepchenko, Kezman, Rooney, etc., many, many stars ......"

Wang Hailiang listened patiently, a lot of names were said, and he didn't know how to record them.

But then Zhang Yang added, "It's a pity that Millwall has no money......"

Wang Hailiang almost fell headlong, and his depressed eyes seemed to exude the light of 'you are playing me'.

Zhang Yang said flatly, "I think you probably don't know much about European football, or rather, you don't know much about professional football." ”

Wang Hailiang was entangled for a moment, but still nodded.

SZ City TV does not have a special 'football news reporter', and his daily interview work is very mixed, sometimes to interview government officials, sometimes to interview entrepreneurs, and sometimes to do special programs with the column team.

These are all sports irrelevant.

He is too busy with work on weekdays, and he never cares about sports, so he came to interview Zhang Yang, just because Zhang Yang is a new celebrity in SZ City.

"Then I'll move on to that question." Zhang Yang continued, "Millwall was in the Championship last season, which is the second division of England, and it is also a regional club in its own right, although it is located in the London area, it is still a small club. ”

"Just this year's Chinese New Year, Millwall FC will have a total market value of no more than £10 million, do you know what that means?"

Wang Hailiang listened patiently.

"Wayne Rooney, who plays for Manchester United, is worth more than 40 million pounds, and Drogba, who plays for Chelsea, is also worth more than 25 million pounds, as long as he is a famous star in the world, he is worth at least hundreds or tens of millions of pounds, in other words, Millwall sold the club and couldn't afford to buy a slightly famous star......"

"So our transfer targets are only on young players with potential, free transfer players, or some retired veterans, as for the stars...... Maybe Millwall can develop stars, but it is impossible to sign them for the time being. ”

Zhang Yang popularized football knowledge to Wang Hailiang, but he was really not interested in being interviewed.

Wang Hailiang was still in high spirits, as if he felt that he had learned knowledge, but Zhang Yang only barely answered one question, and under the pretext of exhaustion, he 'invited' the rookie reporter away.

The interview with a rookie reporter is really a painful process.

"It seems that in the future, when I am interviewed, I will also have to screen the level of reporters."

Zhang Yang thought secretly.

Zhang Zhongyi has been listening and didn't interject a word halfway, but when Wang Hailiang was about to leave, he couldn't help asking, "I've heard you say for a long time, Yangyang, are you working as a football coach in a British club?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Yang nodded.

Wang Hailiang was about to leave, when he heard it, he immediately turned his head and said in surprise, "You should be Mr. Zhang Yang's father, right?" Don't you know? Mr. Zhang Yang is a celebrity of SZ, no, a celebrity in China, a celebrity in the world, he is the head coach of the Premier League! Now I don't know how many people in China know about him! ”

Zhang Zhongyi was quite surprised.

After Wang Hailiang left, the living room became a lot more lively, and the 'airborne stepmother' Wang Minli, the 'airborne grandmother' Li Zonghui, and his younger brother Zhang Chen all came over and chattered non-stop.

Since entering the house, Zhang Yang is the first time that he is so popular.

Zhang Zhongyi pulled Zhang Yang and kept saying, he specifically figured out how his son served as a football coach, his son only graduated from college a year ago, and he only studied in an ordinary university in the UK, it was not easy to find a job, and he was still working in a media company for a while, and it had nothing to do with football coaching.

It can be seen from Wang Hailiang's interview that his son's football coaching work is still very good, and the annual salary of tens of millions is not a joke.

What the hell is going on?

Zhang Yang could only cope with a few words. "It's nothing, it's just luck to be appreciated by the president of a club and become a football coach."

"I love my job. That's why I said I didn't want to go back to China. ”

Zhang Yang had a clear reason for refusing to return to China.

"Of course, Yangyang, I support you!" After a general understanding, Zhang Zhongyi resolutely stood on the side of support, and felt ashamed when he thought that he had said that he would give double his salary.

20 million a year?

When the company's performance is good, that's almost all it takes.

At this time, even the 'airborne grandma' Li Zonghui changed his critical eyes, and repeatedly said 'Tiger father has no dog', 'Yang Yang can support this family alone in the future', 'It is very good to develop in the UK', and said, "If you encounter difficulties in your work in the future, you will return to China and follow Zhongyi!" ”

Zhang Yang only listened to it as a joke.

Zhang Zhongyi said this out of sincerity, and 'airborne stepmother' Wang Minli said this because she wanted to have a good relationship with him, which can be regarded as 'half sincere'.

This 'airborne grandma'?

Hehe.

Zhang Yang's plan was to stay at home for a week, but in the end he only stayed for three days.

The life of these three days is very leisurely, during the day on Weibo, playing with the computer to relax, will also contact the club, care about the progress of the transfer, have free time to guide the homework of his younger brother Zhang Chen, and then accompany the cheap father to talk about life.

But time is still hard.

Zhang Yang always feels incompatible with the family, maybe he can get used to it after a long time, but he doesn't plan to live for a long time, and he doesn't want to fit in too much, it feels good to have a family, but it's good to experience it once in a while.

Three days later.

Under the eyes of the family, Zhang Yang left by car and went to SH City.

After arriving in SH City, Zhang Yang found a hotel and booked a room at the front desk.

Andy walked down, and when he saw Zhang Yang, he immediately asked, "Didn't you say it would take a week?" ”

"It's boring to stay at home, so I came back early." Zhang Yang shrugged his shoulders and looked at Andy, "Look at your appearance, what's the good thing?" ”

Andy suddenly said excitedly, "You can see it!" Zhang, I negotiated a contract with LN today, can you come back early, you can also sign the contract early, guess how much money I negotiate? ”

"How much?"

Andy gestured with his hand to 'four', "Four million, one-year contract!" ”

"Awesome!"

Zhang Yangton gave a thumbs up.