In order to allow more time for the London 2012 Olympic Games, the 2011-12 season of all major European leagues ended about ten days earlier than usual, and even the final date of the Champions League was brought forward from the end of May to May 19.

As a result, the schedules of the major leagues are a bit tighter than in previous years, and even leagues with relaxed schedules such as the Bundesliga have started to play twice a week more frequently.

Having just won away to Borussia Dortmund on April 11, Bayern will welcome Mainz on the 14th.

But even with all the tension, Heynckes still gave the players a day off to give them a little rest and not get too tired from the frequent fixtures that are coming up.

Originally, with Long Shute's physical fitness, he didn't need to rest at this time, but due to the extra physical exertion in the competition, he also reduced the amount of training slightly.

In addition to habitually training to stay in shape, he has a little bit of things to deal with.

"If you only talk about endorsement fees, neither of these contracts is too big."

Tony Moretti, an agent who hasn't been seen for a while, arrives at the employer's home with two letters of intent for a contract:

"FIFA13 and PES2013, both games that were released in August or September, came to me almost at the same time to ...... of interest"

Long Shute glanced at it and only picked up the letter of intent from FIFA13.

Moretti immediately explained:

"On the FIFA side, they have negotiated a contract with Lionel Messi, and the fee offered to us will remain at the same level as Messi's treatment, with a one-time payment of 600,000 euros, and a reward of up to 500,000 euros depending on the sales of the game......"

"So be it." Long Shute hastily doubled the content and agreed, "You can notify them to sign the contract." ”

Moretti's eyes fell on another letter of intent:

"Don't you think about taking a look at PES2013? They cost almost twice as much as FIFA, ah......"

Long Shute shrugged his shoulders:

"If I'm not mistaken, I must have told you that I don't endorse any Japanese or Korean products, are you testing my memory?"

Moretti spreads his hands:

“ok…… Dear boss, you probably don't know, I've turned out more than 10 of the world's top 100 companies. ”

"What's wrong?" Long Shute smiled, "Are you distressed?" ”

"No, no, no," Moretti shook his head with a smile, "I'm not an insatiable person, otherwise at least representatives of Toyota, Mizuno, Samsung, LG, and Hyundai would have been introduced to you by me, and even a company representative told me plainly that as long as I can arrange for them to meet you, I can get 100,000 euros or even more in favor fees." ”

"I believe it." Long Shute does not doubt it, because Japanese and South Korean companies, like Chinese companies, have done everything possible to dredge up relations.

While the two were still talking, Krom Liu, a personal assistant who was refreshing the news on his mobile phone, suddenly said: "Boss, you are so patriotic...... Does the country know? ”

"What do you mean?" Long Shute didn't react for a moment.

Krom, who has always been driving and cooking, put down his phone:

"I mean...... Why not use the media to package your image in a deeper and more three-dimensional way? Since you have decided never to touch Japanese and Korean products, you will simply build yourself into a patriotic and dedicated athlete model, maybe in this way, your positive image in China will be more prominent, and your commercial value can also be improved, right? ”

Long Shute couldn't help but laugh:

"I didn't realize that you still have an eye for it, but...... I don't have any acquaintances in the media, so I can't find a TV station or a newspaper to expose it, right? ”

Krom looked at him as if he were looking at an idiot:

"Please, boss, what do you think those celebrity agents and personal assistants do? Didn't they all provide those secrets to the media on their own initiative? As long as you agree, I can find dozens of media outlets in a matter of minutes to help you build momentum, not to mention ...... We also have CCTV, the biggest microphone! ”

Long Shute, who had no experience at all in this area, was looked at by his admiring idiot eyes, and he hurriedly confessed:

"Okay, okay, I'll leave it to you to contact, but don't blow it too hard......"

-

Chrom and Moretti split their forces, and the next afternoon, representatives of the European branch of the American company EA sat at Ronshette's home.

"Arnaudsky, I am very pleased to be able to reach a preliminary cooperation intention with Mr. Long."

The tall, blond-haired German guy smiled brightly:

"But I want to fully communicate some of the ideas of this work with Mr. Long in advance to ensure that there will be no misunderstandings and unhappiness between the two parties in the process of cooperation."

"I'm listening." Ronshette smiled and beckoned behind him, and Krom brought out three glasses of red wine.

"Thank you, you know it's good wine just by smelling it."

Wedesky took a cup in his hand, praised it, and then went back to work:

"The game will be available in mid-to-late September and will be available in multiple official languages, including Chinese......"

——It should be explained here that due to the birth of Long Shute, Chinese football first won the 2011 Asian Cup, and then entered the 2014 World Cup Asian Top 10, and the national Olympic team also broke into the Olympic Games, coupled with the gradual popularity of the Chinese Super League, the entire domestic football atmosphere has been different from before.

"So in this game, we wanted to be able to include both of the top players at the same time, and Mr. Long would be our face with Messi and be on our cover at the same time."

Wadesky seems to be cautious, perhaps worried that the Ballon d'Or in front of him will not be happy with sharing a cover with Messi.

But it turned out that he had too much heart.

Long Shute nodded: "This is a good idea, my confrontation with Messi, maybe it can attract more consumers, especially in China, but ...... Gamers in China aren't quite used to buying the original, and I thought you should probably be prepared. ”

"Of course, we have already made a lot of preparations for entering the Chinese market, including adding servers, pricing standards, sales platforms, digital versions, and we welcome Mr. Long's valuable suggestions to us." Vedsky breathed a sigh of relief: "If there is no problem, we will officially announce the news tomorrow, and the film crew will contact you at the end of May." ”

Long Shute laughed: "If you can, I hope you don't bother me during the Champions League final." ”

-

There are no more than three brands of the most influential soccer games in the world.

One of them is the Football Manager FM series, the producer is Sega Japan, the biggest feature of this game is that the data is extremely real and detailed, and the gameplay is infinitely close to reality, so that many professional clubs use this game as a transfer reference......

However, due to the excessive pursuit of details, the game is more of a database game, and in terms of sales, it can only be regarded as an extremely niche game, and sales in China are almost negligible.

The other two are the PES series and the FIFA series, the makers are Konami in Japan and EA in the United States, compared to fm to arrange the lineup and tactics, and then you can only watch your own team play the computer, the characteristics of these two games are hands-on, you can only focus on one player to pass five levels and six generals, or you can remotely control the whole team to pass and control.

Although in the minds of Chinese gamers, the two games have their own merits and can almost be evenly matched, but in the whole world, FIFA, with its international background in the United States, has undoubtedly completely exploded the PES in Zone 11, and the sales gap between the two is even close to ten times, perhaps more - FIFA12 sold a staggering 3.2 million in the first week after its release, while the PES2012's sales in the same period were only one-twenty-fifth of the rival's, and the gap is obvious.

As a game that sells more than 10 million copies a year, the FIFA series undoubtedly has an unparalleled influence in the football world, and when EA officially announced that Longshute will become the spokesperson of the new game together with Messi, it also proves from another side that whether it is in terms of competition or business, Longshute can indeed be compared with the king of plum balls.

EA's statement was like a stimulant, reactivating China's public opinion circle.

"In today's world, there are two heroes! The world's No.1 sports game proves it all! ”

"The down-and-out Ronaldo can only endorse PES! The only opponent for Lonshit is Messi! ”

"Who is stronger, Lonshette or Messi? The latest FIFA tells you! ”

When this news has not been fully digested, another batch of news quietly appeared on various portals.

"Nothing to do with the price! Behind the Chinese captain's stern rejection of PES's sky-high endorsement! ”

"Yao Ming and Liu Xiang are followed by Long Shute, these sports superstars refuse to be endorsed by Japanese companies!"

"He is also a sports superstar, Long Shute's move is embarrassing Guo Liuri, and Lin Xiaodan is easy to pity!"

……

Is this a fame hunt?

This is nothing more than reasonable propaganda.

The days of doing good deeds without leaving a name are long gone.