Chapter 198
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After Chu Zhongtian's wedding, he and Emily went on their honeymoon together. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Unlike other couples who go to tourist resorts for their honeymoons, Chu Zhongtian and Emily first went back to Wimbledon, England, where they received more blessings. Old Bent, who didn't attend the wedding because of his ill health, finally has no regrets.
After leaving Wimbledon, the two went straight to China.
While spending your honeymoon in China, you also have to negotiate contracts, make endorsements, and shoot advertisements with several Chinese companies. He shined in the Champions League last season, making Chinese fans admire him, and his appeal in the Chinese market has also reached a new level. Now his endorsement fee is not the same as two years ago, but many companies are still willing to pay high prices for him to endorse for one to two years.
Of course, if there is a company that wants Chu Zhongtian and Emily to endorse their brands at the same time, then the price paid is definitely not Chu Zhongtian's price multiplied by two, Emily is also a world-class star, and her own endorsement fee is very high.
But in this regard, Chinese companies once again showed their rich side, and some companies really signed Chu Zhongtian and Emily to engage in husband and wife endorsements.
In addition to signing endorsements, Chu Zhongtian also has to manage his own business. The website management company in Shanghai, China has been upgraded to "Zhongtian Culture Development Co., Ltd." He was ready to enter the cultural industry, and his first step was to adapt his experience of studying and playing football at Wimbledon into a youth inspirational film.
Although there is no script, director or anything yet, the female lead is circled, and there is Emily. Stan came to play the "Emily" in the play, as for the candidate for the male lead, Chu Zhongtian plans to use the popular national audition model to select, and the standard he set for the male lead actor is that he looks reasonable, not too ugly, and not too handsome, because he himself is not very handsome, but he wants to be sunny, healthy, and able to play football. It is very important to be able to play football, Chu Zhongtian does not want to train an actor to play football. This is a great opportunity for young people in China who like to play football, even if they can't become stars by playing football, they can become movie stars by playing football.
His former college roommate Yang Yang has also been promoted from the head of his public relations department to the legal representative of Zhongtian Culture Development Co., Ltd., and this matter is handled by him with full authority.
First of all, the first part is to find a script writer. Although Chu Zhongtian doesn't know much, but his wife Emily understands, the first important thing in the movie is the script, a good script can save a star, but a group of stars who are so red and purple may ruin a bad script. Emily, who has been in Hollywood, knows this very well. So Yang Yang's first job is to find a suitable script writer.
Emily's requirements for script writers are not necessarily to be famous or talented, but to understand and be good at this subject matter.
The script of this movie is not easy to write because many domestic script writers do not know enough about football, and the things written make professional fans want to laugh when they see it, and this drama has a lot of descriptions of English football, although it is a youth inspirational drama, but the football part has a large proportion, and it is estimated that more than one-third of the whole play is filmed on the field.
Yang Yang started with well-known football journalists in China, especially those who know more about English football. Several reporters are also interested in cooperating with Chu Zhongtian. Now Chu Zhongtian is the number one person in the Chinese sports world, and it will be much more convenient to have a relationship with him. So for such a script, the invitation is naturally full of acceptance.
But after letting them try to write a part, Chu Zhongtian shook his head - the major is professional, the professional is amazing, and it is even more professional than his own player. But no matter how you look at it, it's boring, and it tastes like chewing wax. He wanted a story that would appeal to him, not a professional article. Journalists have written too many professional analytical articles, and when they write novels, scripts have become shriveled and tasteless.
"I'm not disrespecting them, but I definitely won't pay to go to the cinema for these things they write......" Chu Zhongtian yawned and threw aside the scripts written by these celebrities. Well, I revise the requirements. Professionalism comes second, and storytelling comes first. ProfessionalismWe have a professional team that can improve and consult, but our team can't do this. He said to Yang Yang. Find someone who can write stories, preferably one who is good at youth sports stories, and one that can write about youth! The most important thing is that I don't want a group of forty or fifty-year-old men to write the stories of young people, they don't know what young people are thinking today, how can what they write resonate with young people? ”
When Yang Yang heard him say this, he suddenly laughed: "Then I have a ready-made one, but I don't know if he wants to." Because I don't know this person either, I've just seen his stuff online......"
Chu Zhongtian is very interested in the person Yang Yang said - you have a ready-made candidate but don't know him, so what is your relationship with this candidate? So he asked, "Who is it?" ”
Yang Yang opened his laptop, boarded the starting point, and then searched for a book called "The Godfather of Champions", and then turned the screen to Chu Zhongtian: "This person is a fellow countryman with you." ”
※※※Lin Hai never dreamed that he would receive such a strange call and ask him to write a script. He is just an ordinary Internet writer who likes football, and even a writer does not dare to call himself, and he laughs at himself for his work as a "code word". I never thought I'd write a script, and it's for ...... Now Chinese football, no, is the hottest star in Chinese sports, Chu Zhongtian, writes the script.
He wanted to refuse at first, not because he didn't want to write for Chu Zhongtian, but because he was worried that he would be disappointed if he didn't write well. But Yang Yang told Lin Hai Tingtao that Chu Zhongtian had been reading her "The Godfather of Champion" for the past few days, and even snubbed his new wife Emily, and was very interested in the novels he wrote. What is even more amazing is that the author has never been abroad, but he knows so much about English football and has a relatively correct description of English society.
These words gave Lin Hai confidence to listen to Tao. He decided to give it a try.
A day later, Chu Zhongtian flew back to Chengdu and met with him.
The two talked about football from the novel, and they talked happily. After a day of talking, Chu Zhongtian made a decision - he asked Lin Hai Tingtao to write the script and novel of his own movie. The script was written for his film, and the novel was written and published directly, and the two cooperated with hype publicity and promotion. Novels and movies can also be regarded as his first business and the first big move opened by Zhongtian Cultural Development Co., Ltd.
Even the name Chu Zhongtian was thought of by Lin Hai Tingtao, and it was called "Wimbledon Love". It has nothing to do with football, but it fits the theme of the film, football and love, telling how he and Emily met and fell in love at Wimbledon through football.
After deciding on the name and theme, Lin Hai agreed to spend one to two months writing the script, while the novel was not in a hurry and was created slowly. Chu Zhongtian told him that if he needed any information and help, he would go directly to Yang Yang, and he would provide a full range of services. Yang Yang and Chu Zhongtian left each other's phone calls, saying that they must contact each other often.
After finishing this matter, Chu Zhongtian left. The person in charge of Nike Greater China has come to the door, and he is fully entrusted by the president of Nike to talk to Chu Zhongtian about cooperating in the development of sub-brands. After research and analysis, Chu Zhongtian's business team recognized this cooperation intention, believing that the development of sub-brands is beneficial to Chu Zhongtian and can give full play to the role of his personal image. Now the two sides are about to enter the stage of substantive negotiations.
Although Chu Zhongtian will not participate in the World Cup this summer, he is busier than those players who participated in the World Cup. He has been invited to participate in various network, television and radio programs, been interviewed by the media, participated in various business events, and conducted various business negotiations. Of course, he and Emily have not forgotten the school they helped build in Beichuan, the earthquake-stricken area. After two years of construction, this brand new school has been erected in the new county town of Beichuan. He and Emily cut the ribbon for the inauguration of the new school as investors and controlling shareholders of the school. This is a private school, which is incorporated into the name of "Zhongtian Cultural Development Co., Ltd.", which is a subsidiary of it. Looking at the three standardized football fields and five indoor football fields, Chu Zhongtian was very satisfied and happy.
In addition, they also helped build a school there after the earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai.
And because he flew back and forth in China during this time, he even stole part of the limelight of the World Cup. The World Cup has begun, and the media is still full of news about Chu Zhongtian and Emily's trip to China.
※※※After the end of the trip to China, Chu Zhongtian and Emily flew to the United States together. Where is naturally a business activity, and entertainment. But the most important thing is to go back to Emily's old home. Since the wedding, the relationship between Emily and her mother has improved, which makes Chu Zhongtian very pleased, although Miranda still has a bad face when she sees Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian doesn't care anymore.
This honeymoon, in fact, there is not much time that really belongs to two people. But there is no way, who told Chu Zhongtian that only at this time has a lot of time? When the season started, he couldn't get out of it, and the only way to talk about anything was to come to Sinsheim to talk to him.
How busy is he, exactly?
Even the club came to him to talk about renewing the contract, but he postponed it again and again - there is really no time, anyway, he still has a two-year contract with the club, and he will renew it now? What's the hurry?
However, the club was really anxious, seeing that Chu Zhongtian's performance was getting better and better, Rangnick was more and more worried that Chu Zhongtian would be snatched away by other clubs. He knew that Chu Zhongtian was very rich, and he could even buy a small club, and it was impossible for the other party to use money to lure him. But compared to Hoffenheim, the big clubs have too much to attract Chu Zhongtian. Especially after such two seasons of personal contact, he knows that Chu Zhongtian is a player with great ambitions and clear goals...... He can't predict what Hoffenheim will be able to achieve in the end next season, so he is not sure if Hoffenheim has the capital to keep Chu Zhongtian compared to those giants.
So what's the safest way to do it? Naturally, it was a matter of signing a new contract and extending the period of service for another two seasons. Rangnick didn't think that he could let Chu Zhongtian play for Hoffenheim for the rest of his life, all he could do was to try to let him play for the team for a few more years and dedicate the golden period of his career to the team.
He believes that if he gives himself another two years, after such a team with Chu Zhongtian as the core has matured, it will definitely be able to attack the top honor of European clubs!
Chu Zhongtian pushed again and again, and he was a little unsure whether Chu Zhongtian was really busy like that, or if he was in contact with other clubs, so he postponed the contract renewal negotiations...... Anyway, as soon as the season is over, there are a lot of rumors about Chu Zhongtian's transfer in the media. And when it comes to him, they are all super rich.
Even Bayern Munich is a little tempted. After they lost to Inter Milan in the Champions League final, Beckenbauer thought that the team lacked a core that could turn the tide and stabilize the situation, and he did not directly say who this core should be, but then he praised Chu Zhongtian's performance in Hoffenheim, thinking that although Hoffenheim did not go further, it had nothing to do with Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian's performance was good enough, but Hoffenheim was still a little tender.
Although Beckenbauer is no longer the president of Bayern Munich, he has always been able to exert influence on Bayern Munich, a bit like Cruyff is to Barcelona. The two old rivals on the pitch are still competing in this way at club level so many years after retiring.
Now the media in Europe is that there is a transfer rumor about Chu Zhongtian in an average of three days.
While the World Cup is underway and most transfer rumors are low-key, Chu Zhongtian is different. His performances have been recognised by everyone, and he has shown what he can do after leading Hoffenheim to victories over Manchester United and Inter Milan in the Champions League. He has proven to be able to establish himself in any of the top clubs.
It's just that what Chu Zhongtian wants is not so simple, if he wants to go, he must be the absolute core of that team. This is something that many giants can't satisfy - Barcelona have Xavi, Inter Milan has Sneijder, Liverpool have Gerrard, Arsenal has Cesc Fabregas...... Real Madrid, which has been chaotic in midfield since Zinedine Zidane's retirement, now also has Alonso.
※※※ Speaking of the World Cup, this World Cup made Chu Zhongtian very boring, the strong teams played poorly, the star performance was bleak, the old strong teams fell one after another, and the "big dramas" outside the field were far more exciting than the ...... Sitting in front of the TV and watching the game, he sometimes thinks like this - if the Chinese team can enter this World Cup, he should have a lot of opportunities to perform, right? On a stage like the World Cup, he showed his ability and talent to the fullest, and scored the first goal in the history of Chinese football in the World Cup...... What a wonderful thing that would be!
But such thoughts often only appear for a moment, and they are denied by him. China's domestic football is anti-gambling and anti-black, the more you dig, the more shocking it is, the whole Chinese football has rotted from the roots, and the World Cup is too far away from them. He is ready for the World Cup as a player in his life, just like Wales' number one star Ryan Giggs. I'm the number one star in China now, right?
At present, the task of the national team is the most recent for him, the 15th Asian Cup, which will be played in Qatar in January next year. The best results of Chinese football in the Asian Cup are two runners-up, this time Chu Zhongtian shoulders a heavy burden and is pinned on high hopes, hoping that under his leadership, the Chinese team can complete the breakthrough of the championship zero.
If you can't participate in the World Cup, you still have to play well in the Asian Cup. And this will be the first time he has participated in such an important continental tournament as the captain and core of the team. He also doesn't want the end result to be unsatisfactory. He is ambitious, he wants to win the first national team championship - he has never participated in the Olympic Games and the Asian Games, he missed such a championship as the East Asian semifinals, let alone the World Cup, which is a fool's dream. After all, only the Asian Cup is the most reliable.
※※※After a busy vacation, Chu Zhongtian received a call from Rangnick at the end of June to ask him to return to the team.
Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised by this news. It stands to reason that the players shouldn't all return to the team at the beginning of July? Since when did it change to the end of June?
"Well, it's actually just you, Chu ......," Rangnick said.
Chu Zhongtian was even stranger.
"Have you forgotten your other identity, Chu?" Rangnick reminded him. "You're part of our coaching staff. The coaches all return to the team at this time to report and start work......"
Chu Zhongtian suddenly realized and patted his head. "Ah, that's it...... Okay, I'll be right back......"
Without saying a word, Chu Zhongtian flew back to Sinsheim from the United States with Emily. Emily's indefinite hiatus continues, and she seems to be planning to make this film from "Zhongtian Culture" her comeback. Her external conditions allow her to play the role of herself eight years ago, because of good maintenance, as well as natural beauty and other factors, there is not much difference between her eight years ago and eight years later, there are not many old ones, plus when the time comes, you will definitely have to wear makeup, so you can't find fault with your appearance. What she needs to adjust now is her mentality, and she must return herself from a big star to the state of a young girl.
So when the season starts, she's going to live at Wimbledon for a short time and find that feeling again.
Chu Zhongtian returned to Sinsheim, only to find out that there was indeed a reason for him to come back. The team needs to be built with him as the core, so we need to listen to his opinion, especially in terms of buying people, the club can't always buy people when they see it, and they must buy players who can adapt to the team's tactics when they come and don't need too much run-in period.
Rangnick wanted to hear if Chu Zhongtian had any good advice in this regard. The Sana he recommended last summer proved to be very suitable, and Rangnick tasted the sweetness and hoped that Chu Zhongtian would give some good ideas again.
(To be continued)