Chapter 34 The Chinese Media's Response

Tingti felt that he should not have asked Zhang Shu about his psychological expectations for the contract. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because this kid didn't expect it at all. For example, as far as the salary is concerned, Zhang Shu's requirement is that it is sufficient. The corners of Tingty's mouth twitched when he heard this answer. Zhang Shu's life in Brescia has almost no place to spend money, so this requirement is no different from the previous "just eat and live".

"Forget it, I'll talk to you." Tindy shook his head, deciding to take the extra snag himself. As long as Zhang Shu doesn't drag him back, he is confident that he can win a big contract for Zhang Shu.

Looking at Zhang Shu, who was sitting in front of him with a nonchalant expression, Tingdi remembered what Zhang Shu had said after they signed the youth team contract

"The contract doesn't matter at all, what matters is whether I'm strong enough."

Now it seems that he was not right at all.

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Zhang Shu handed over all the authority to negotiate the contract to Tingti, and he returned to the monotonous and simple rhythm of life before. It seems that for him, the big things that seem to others to be closely related to income can't cause the slightest ripple in his peaceful life.

But that calm may not last long.

In 2002, Serie A was still the number one league in the minds of Chinese fans. Countless Chinese fans will support their home team, crying over Inter Milan's loss of the title and going crazy for AC Milan's flashy midfield quartet. Stable Juventus, passionate Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina, Chievo, Parma... In faraway China, you can see the fans of almost every team.

Zhang Hong is an ordinary fan, and unlike most people, he is a Brescia fan, or rather, he is a Baggio fan.

Compared with the fans of those big teams, it is much more difficult for Zhang Hong to see the teams he supports. Giant fans can see their home team on TV almost every week, and if they want to see Brescia's broadcast, Zhang Hong can only hope for CCTV's mood. If Brescia happens to play against a big team, they can still be broadcast by the sports channel, otherwise they will have to figure it out on their own. Most of the time, he can only rely on live text to imagine the picture of the game by himself, and sometimes he doesn't even have a live text broadcast, so he can only watch the live score website in Italy.

Now, he's sitting in front of his computer, chatting with everyone in a forum called Hero Baggio, while looking at the Italian language that keeps bouncing upwards on the page.

"Brescia got a penalty, Robbie is going to score!"

"Is the 187th goal coming!"

"Entered, 187th!"

When Baggio scored, there was a burst of laughter in the forums, but it didn't take long for the page to show that Baggio had been substituted.

"Huh? THE NAME OF THE PLAYER WHO REPLACED BAGGIO IS A BIT STRANGE, SHU ZHANG, UChinese? ”

"Zhang Su? Zhang Shu? Zhang Shu? It seems to be a really Chinese name. ”

"Didn't you hear that Brescia bought Chinese players?"

"If there are really Chinese players who can join Brescia, the Chinese media will explode a long time ago."

"I'll go to the official website to see if there is any information about this person."

Zhang Hong opened the browser, typed in the URL of Brescia's official website, clicked enter, and the progress bar of IE scrolled slowly.

Accessing Italian websites from China is slow, and Zhang's 512K speed makes the wait even longer.

Finally, the photo of Zhang Shu was refreshed from Brescia's roster.

Yellow skin, black hair. The nationality column clearly reads, Cina.

"It looks like an East Asian, but the nationality is written Cina, where is Cina?"

"Cina is CHINA in Italian! What Chinese! ”

"Substitute for Baggio! I'm so envious! ”

"! He scored! Score as a substitute! Bunker up! ”

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Soon, there were many such posts on major forums - "Baggio came off the bench to surprise Chinese players and scored a perfect debut to set up the victory".

In China, Baggio's popularity is still very large, and many people are attracted to this title, and most people would have thought it was a spoof. When they finished reading the screenshots and translations, everyone was shocked.

"That's not true, is it?" "Which team did this guy come from? I haven't heard that Brescia has ever bought someone from China." "Upstairs, what if someone else is just Chinese." "I'm blind upstairs, it's clear that my nationality is Chinese."

Such a controversy took place in major forums and quickly alarmed the media. You know, there are many media editors and reporters lurking in these forums.

Portals such as Sina NetEase were the first to make the report, and as online media, they can respond much faster than traditional media. They only need to sort out the pictures and information sent by netizens directly from their own forums, put them on a page and put them on the homepage of the sports version. Of course, they didn't forget to put a question mark after the title to show that "we also have doubts about the authenticity, if it's not true, don't say I'm a rumor."

The news certainly attracted a lot of hits. Netizens have started a human flesh search, wanting to see who this player named "zhangshu" is.

Soon, Zhang Shu's little bit of pitiful information was picked up by almighty netizens.

Sixteen years old, youth training, Chinese, Baggio substitute, debut goal, these hot words stimulated Chinese fans who were heartbroken by Chinese football after the 02 World Cup, and also made more media into the vortex of this hot news. Soon the almighty media brought in highlights of the match between Brescia and Perugia from Italy.

Zhang Shu on the screen wore Brescia's No. 28 jersey to replace Baggio, and the picture switched, Zhang Shu had already dribbled the ball past two people, and then scored with a zero-angle shot near the bottom line.

"This footwork is simply invincible."

"Sixteen? The future is limitless! ”

"Chinese players can play like that."

"Is there any reason for such a player not to enter the national team?"

"The Football Association is stupid [beep]!"

"Well said upstairs!"

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Newspapers and television stations, as traditional media, naturally cannot be compared with online media in terms of response speed. After all, if fake news is reported, they are responsible.

But they also have their own advantages. The major media outlets had their own correspondent stations abroad, and soon several teams from different media outlets were on their way to Italy.

And Zhang Shu, still training calmly, is waiting for the next match with AC Milan.