Chapter Seventy-Three: An Illusory Reality
When Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, accompanied by their agent Hua Fang, appeared in the advertising crew, they immediately caused a small stir, and men and women rushed to witness the "hope of Chinese football" and "the new idol of Chinese football", and kept asking for autographs or hoping to take a group photo. But this joy was knocked out by the head of the crew, Wu Wei.
"What's the noise? Go back to work! He shouted to his men with a straight face.
Zhang Jun and Yang Pan also hurriedly straightened their faces, thinking about whether they should be serious when they met for the first time.
Everyone dispersed, and Wu Wei walked up and shook hands with the two: "Hello, I am Wu Wei, the director of this advertisement." β
"Hello Director Wu!" The two replied respectfully. It is estimated that he was suppressed by Wu Wei's majesty just now, he is a director, and big-name stars have to listen to the director when they come here. But then, Wu Wei stood between the two, made a "V" gesture, and shouted to his assistant: "Xiao Chen, hurry!" Take a picture of us! β
Boos erupted.
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ββ¦β¦ That's basically it, you've probably seen the ad creative. I will ask Xiao Chen to give each of you a copy, and you can take a good look at it when you go back and think about it carefully. Let's take a look at the heroine, Xiao Chen. β
Assistant Chen Lin responded, and then brought in a girl. Dressed in white clothes and white dresses, Wu Wei specially ordered the art and costumes to be specially made for her, and after wearing them, she was holyly like an angel.
Zhang Jun and Yang Pan's eyes lit up.
"Sophie was discovered by us at this university, and we thought she was the perfect candidate for the heroine." Chen Lin introduced the two stars. Sophie smiled at the crowd - in fact, she smiled at Zhang Jun and Yang Pan. Wu Wei was fascinated by Sophie's smile again, that smile as bright as the sun and gentle as a spring breeze. This smile should only be in the sky, how many times can I see it in the world?
"Let's get to know each other, speaking of which, the three of you are still alumni! Hehe, you have to cooperate well in three days! Wu Wei said with a smile, he didn't know the relationship between the three of them, and there was no problem with cooperation. According to the idea, one of the two stars will be in a relationship with Sophie, and reality and fiction converge in a 60-second commercial, life is really amazing!
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Today's plan is mainly for the two stars to try out the camera and do some dress rehearsals. Regarding the clothing styling of the two, Wu Wei adopted a natural color modeling, an ordinary T-shirt and a bright smile, coupled with the green campus scene and life-like design, which will give consumers a feeling of a boy next door, and what they want is this affinity.
Wu Wei has read the copywriting written before, he thinks that there is no need to make an ordinary bottle of sports drink, it is the sky and the sea, and the eaves are walking on the wall, there are too many such advertisements, consumers want to change the channel at a glance, how do you let consumers remember and buy your products?
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"I fought you alone, tired and sweaty, and finally defeated you and won Sophie's kiss and heart. Hmm, nice idea. Yang Pan lay on the bed and read the creative copy.
"Wrong. It should be me and you alone, tired and sweaty, and finally won you, and also won Sophie's heart and kiss. Zhang Jun was not happy.
"Hehe, you and Sophie are in pairs in reality, don't fight with me in the advertisement, right?" Yang Pan said with a smile.
"No! It's not my point, it's mine, and no one will give it! β
"Hey, it's just a joke, why be so excited! Hehe, but then again, this ad is written ...... It's just made for you and Sophie. β
Zhang Jun smiled: "But I can't be too close to Sophie, those reporters are too powerful!" He pointed down, in the lobby of the hotel below the tenth floor, where more than a dozen reporters, including sports reporters and entertainment reporters, gathered. They are all coming for Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, if they don't pay attention, Sophie's identity is very likely to be exposed, which is definitely not what Zhang Jun wants to see.
"Alas! You've worked so hard! Yang Pan sighed.
Zhang Jun was silent. As a celebrity, he is exposed to the camera every day, and all kinds of praise have gradually turned into pressure, some people praise him for his good performance, and he will scold the same person for his poor performance. He can still bear these pressures, but what really makes Zhang Jun feel tired is that he spends too little time with Sophie, and when he is together, he can't show the relationship between a couple. For example, in the shooting of this advertisement, in front of many reporters on the set, he always had to keep a certain distance from Sophie, and even a little indifferent. And Sophie also understands that she never takes the initiative to contact him, and the two can only communicate with eye contact, even if this is not for too long, because the secret will also be discovered.
However, when filming commercials, he can vent the emotions suppressed in his heart to his heart, and have no scruples to be intimate with Sophie. Even many people can't believe that Zhang Jun can't act at all, because he plays the relationship between male and female couples "too well!" Appropriate! β
At that moment, Zhang Jun really couldn't tell what was reality and what was illusory.
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At the end of the commercial, there is a shot where the winner, Jang Jun, receives a shy kiss from Sophie after drinking the product. This shot was reshot several times, and the performances of the two were always not in place. It should be said that the two of them still can't let go of kissing in front of so many people, even if it's just Sophie kissing Zhang Jun's face, it makes the two always blush.
Chen Lin, assistant to the director, had to repeatedly emphasize that the two put aside distracting thoughts and distracting thoughts. It still didn't have much effect, but Yang Pan said with a smile on the side: "Don't think so much, you just think of yourself as a couple!" β
This statement really had an effect, and in the next shooting, Sophie and Zhang Jun entered the state in advance before Wu Wei shouted. When Sophie heard Yang Pan's words, she remembered that she and Zhang Jun were thousands of miles apart, and she could only rely on the phone to maintain her thoughts, that kind of hard work...... If it weren't for Zhang Jun's promise of "I want to marry you", she would have felt that it would be too hard!
"Let's go!"
Wu Wei watched Sophie close her eyes in the monitor and kiss Zhang Jun with a shy and affectionate face, and his heart suddenly became sour, and he found that he had actually eaten the vinegar of the characters in the play.
Sophie kissed Zhang Jun, but she didn't hear the director shouting "ok" for a long time, and she was stunned for a while and didn't know what to do. The others also continued to work according to their usual surnames, until Chen Lin lightly touched Wu Wei, who was distracted by the monitor: "Director Wu? β
Wu Wei reacted at this time: "OK, OK, stop!" β
Everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief that this lens that had been going on countless times finally passed, and Wu Wei spoke again: "Lighting, photography, let's do it again!" Then he said to Chen Lin: "I don't think this is enough to highlight the product, and there is no memory point." You tell Yang Pan that he can take advantage of the fact that Sophie and Zhang Jun are about to kiss each other, and unexpectedly put the product between the two of them and let Sophie kiss the bottle. Let's see how it works. β
Yang Pan did as he was told, and without Sophie and Zhang Jun knowing it in advance, the two of them were surprised, "OK! Wu Wei is finally satisfied this time, and it is very difficult to make people who can't perform make surprised expressions, so this time he can only pass once, and if he repeats it, he will not achieve his unexpected effect.
When shouting "ok", Wu Wei knew that it was not so much the director's experience that made him improvise, but the jealousy of Zhang Jun that inspired him. He found that he had unknowingly fallen in love with the girl in white who had an unusually charming smile.
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When Sophie used to watch movies, she only knew that the stars appeared on the screen in a dazzling way, talking and laughing freely. But I didn't expect how much hard work and sweat it would take to shoot such an effect. Fortunately, it was only a sixty-second commercial, and if it was an hour and a half movie, Sophie didn't know what she would be like after filming.
Dragging her tired body, Sophie returned to the hotel accompanied by her mother. Reporters are interviewing Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, who came back a little earlier than her. She is a supporting role, and the questions asked by reporters are all questions such as "how does it feel to film with a star" and "whether she is a fan", so Sophie does not have to be afraid of being besieged by reporters, she is also famous because of the light of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, and few reporters will disturb her when she is alone, so she can swagger past Zhang Jun and Yang Pan who are being interviewed.
This time, however, she saw an acquaintance in the lobby.
"Mr. Huang Deren?"
"Hehe, it's okay to call me Brother Ren, don't be so polite!" Huang Deren is full of spring breeze.
"Okay, Brother Ren. How did you end up here? β
"I've been in Hefei for a long time, and I heard that you were filming, so I came to see you. It's been a long time since we've seen each other, but it's still a city. β
"yes, yes." finally ran into an acquaintance who was not a reporter, which also made Sophie a little happy. "What is Brother Ren doing?"
"I'm not busy, I haven't found a job, I'm just messing around every day!"
"Brother Ren didn't find a girlfriend?"
"Hah! I don't even have a job, it's hard to support myself, where can I find a girlfriend! Huang Deren winked at Sophie, "It's you, happy with Zhang Jun, right?" He asked, lowering his voice.
Sophie blushed. Huang Deren laughed, "Don't disturb your rest!" After a tiring day, I left. Anyway, you go to school in Hefei, and I will come to see you when I have time in the future. You're an advertising star now, you won't recognize me then, right? β
"Brother Ren, I have a good memory." Sophie laughed.
"Hah! Just kidding! I'm gone, goodbye! β
"Brother Ren, goodbye!"
Huang Deren stepped out of the lively hotel lobby and threw all the hustle and bustle into the depths. Classmate Li Yan is now on TV and is already a well-known reporter. If there is a selection of the top ten sports reporters of the year, just discovering and creating a sensation in China for Zhang Jun and Yang Pan is enough to make him at the top of the list.
And what about yourself? Since graduating from school, I haven't found any serious jobs, and I always work for a while, play for a while, and get by every day. Yes, I don't even have a girlfriend now, I'm almost thirty!
Looking at the book-and-newspaper stall on the side of the road, he muttered, "Maybe I should really look for a job......
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Two days later, the advertising film with an investment of 2 million (excluding the cost of asking Zhang Jun and Yang Pan to endorse, pure production fee) was finally filmed. The rest of the work was left to the post-production work in Hong Kong. Sophie will return to Luoyang to continue her summer vacation, while Zhang Jun and Yang Pan will rush to the Maojiawan training base in Chengdu, Sichuan. They went there for a week of training for the National Olympic Games, and then they returned to Luoyang to pack their things, say goodbye to family and friends, and return to the Netherlands. flew from the Netherlands to Italy again, and at that time, Hua Fang estimated that the transfer of the two had been messed up, and they went to sign and have a physical examination for the end.
A busy summer has passed, and they will have their first season in the "Little World Cup".
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The reporters chased from Luoyang to Yanjing, from Yanjing to Hefei, and then from Hefei to Chengdu, from Shuangliu Airport through Chengya Expressway, all the way to Pujiang. They conveyed the message to the people: "Zhang Jun and Yang Pan are here!" β
At the Maojiawan training base, the Chinese Olympic team led by Qiu Suhui moved here from the hot Yanjing for their second training camp before the match against the Syrian Olympic team.
Originally, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan didn't need to come to the National Olympics, but Qiu Suhui still hoped that the two would come to get acquainted with everyone. Fame is not conducive to their integration into the team, only by integrating into the team, so that everyone can really understand them in the future games to form a tacit understanding. Tacit understanding is not cultivated by training, but by living together.
There are a thousand bad reasons for closed training camps, but there are great benefits. It is to let a group of people who are very strangers quickly get acquainted with each other, so as to form an effective team and individual tacit understanding.
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"Let me tell you, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan are coming! Are you ready? When the time comes, I'll find them to sign autographs! Hehe! β
"Cut! What everyone on earth knows is to be done so mysteriously! Did you know that? They are all in Coach Qiu's office now. β
"Wouldn't it? So fast? It's over, it's over, I need to hurry up and find the camera! β
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Qiu Suhui greeted the two beloved apprentices who had been separated for more than half a year with a hug in the office. "You're a lot stronger again!"
"Huh! Zhang Jun and Yang Pan came to report, Coach Qiu! β
"Come on, I'll keep the 11th and 7th of the National Olympic Games."
The three of them sat down, and Qiu Suhui first cared about the teacher's situation: "How is the old man?" β
'It's good, he's excited to win the Dutch Cup. And Seth [Kozel] agreed to a one-year contract extension, so the team is in good shape. β
"Speaking of the Dutch Cup, what do you think about winning the title?"
"It's certain to leave the team, but before you leave, you can come back with a trophy for the team, which can be regarded as repaying the coach!" Yang Pan said, while Zhang Jun nodded on the side.
"You're finally going to be a world-class player, the Italian league is very demanding on attacking players and it's not easy to succeed. Pay more attention, by the way, how is your physical condition? β
"Everything is fine, nothing is a problem!"
"Good, hehe! I'm relieved that you're healthy, I won't arrange any high-intensity training for a week here, you mainly have more contact with your teammates and cultivate tacit understanding. In the future, you will have less time to come back, and you will have fewer opportunities to practice with your teammates. So getting acquainted with everyone now will be very helpful for your future competitions. β
"Yes."
"I'm going to train in the afternoon to meet my teammates, and then I'll go back to rest, I'm doing interviews and shooting commercials these days, I'm tired, right?"
"No need, Coach." Zhang Jun said, "We have no problem, we have been resting for more than a month, and our feet are itchy." β
"Haha! Well, I respect your opinion! The arrival of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan made Qiu Suhui feel very good. It was a pleasure to meet Dutch acquaintances, and he was not at all worried about Zhang Jun and Yang Pan integrating into the team, because as the first two to understand his training methods and technical and tactical ideas, they would quickly find a familiar feeling in the National Olympic Games.
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In the afternoon, the sky in Maojiawan was overcast, and a breeze blew, bringing wisps of fresh breeze to the training base that had been stuffy for several days, does this mean that the arrival of Zhang and Yang also brought wisps of fresh breeze to the National Olympic Games?
Zhang Jun and Yang Pan no longer need to be introduced, and the players in the National Olympic Games will definitely be familiar with them, and they are the best players of their age in China. Of course, Kaka, who has joined the Brazilian national team, should be excluded, and he has completed the lifelong dream of countless Chinese players in just two years like a rocket.
Zhang Jun and Yang Pan didn't put on a show for their rapid fame, as many people thinkβin fact, their fears were justified, and young players who were a little more famous in China would turn their faces and forget their last namesβthey still smiled shyly at a group of unfamiliar teammates, and it was clear from small gestures like scratching their heads that they were still children and that they hadn't changed.
Qiu Suhui's introduction is not the kind of solemn introduction of a guest. Maybe you're a star at club or you can't even play as a substitute in the local team, but it's the same in the Olympic Games. If you don't perform well, no matter how famous you are, you have to sit on the cold bench, and if you perform well, even if you are not famous, I dare you to start.
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In a small confrontation match held the next day, Qiu Suhui wanted to see the tacit understanding between Zhang Jun and Yang Pan and the team, and by the way, to see how much Zhang and Yang had improved their level after he left.
In fact, such intra-team matches are often played. Qiu Suhui invented a training method, in addition to the normal technical and tactical training, how to maintain the same enthusiasm in the long-term closed training, which is a headache for many coaches. But Qiu Suhui did it, dividing the 35 players into three 11-man teams, and holding a league between the three teams every weekend, one of which played two games in two consecutive days, but because the game lasted only 60 minutes, it did not cause much physical burden. The league is played in stages, and after each stage, there is a standings and the team that wins the championship is rewarded with an extra day off.
In order to allow more players to cooperate with each other, Qiu Suhui also stipulated that the three teams must make "player transfers" to each other during the "off-season" between various stages of the league. Of course, this transfer does not involve money, as long as the two parties reach an agreement, and then sign a contract, and hand it over to the "league committee" - Qiu Suhui for the record within the specified time, and the transfer can take effect.
For those who have won individual and group honors at each stage, Qiu Suhui will also have corresponding awards. For example, the "Top Scorer of the Season" will receive a small bronze shooting boot - the "Golden Boot", and the "Player of the Season" will receive a "Golden Ball". The award ceremony will be held in the cafeteria of the base, and the award-winning team members will feel the sense of honor of being respected and recognized in a relaxed and funny atmosphere, and can also inspire others.
After each round of the league, there will be an up-to-date report and standings that will appear prominently in the halls of the halls of the dormitory.
In the boring closed training, with such a combination of competitive and interesting surnames, the teammates unconsciously improve in the mentality of the game. At first, team leader Zhu Qiang had opinions about Qiu Suhui's arrangement of such a dense game, thinking that it would easily lead to injury.
But Qiu Suhui replied: "The ultimate goal of all training methods is only one, and that is competition. Regularly arranging games in training can keep abreast of the players' training results and progress and regression, and it is also conducive to us to summarize and organize these situations into rules that can be analyzed and studied. Do you think it's just a 'game' to have fun with them? Ha ha! β
This method was invented by Qiu Suhui when he was teaching at a youth football school in the Netherlands, and it was because the results proved that this method was feasible and valid that he used it for the National Olympic Games. Judging from the training situation of more than two months, good results have been received. Through the "League", he discovers the strengths and weaknesses of each player and develops a training plan accordingly.
Back to the game itself. Yang Pan stood in the right forward position. Zhang Jun plays his best forward position. The two of them joined a team temporarily, and the captain of this team was none other than their junior high school teammate central defender Liu Peng.
The opponent is a team led by Li Suisheng composed of several former National Olympic players, still three central defenders, Zhang Feng, Li Suisheng, and Xiang Tao. Xiang Tao and Li Suisheng fought and played a tacit understanding, and their white team was the team with the most points from the guard.
At present, in the standings of the second stage of the league, the red team led by Liu Peng has one more game and temporarily tops the list with 18 points, while the white team and the blue team are ranked second and third with 14 points due to one less game. Because of Liu Peng and Sima Hongxin, the red team conceded the fewest goals, and the white team conceded the second fewest goals. But today, the white team's back line suffered its worst defeat.
Yang Pan had just blasted Feng Lin's door open with his long-range shot, and Zhang Jun taught all his Olympic teammates a good lesson.
Yang Pan gave the ball to Lin Feng, the former from Guangdong immediately passed the ball to Zhang Jun, he is always used to pass the ball to the Dutch silver boot shooter for the first time, the fame is there, if the pass is slow, so that Zhang Jun loses a good chance to shoot, in that case, his teammates will definitely complain about him, and he himself will not forgive himself.
Xiang Tao posted it when Zhang Jun received the ball, and the two were one-on-one!
Zhang Jun picked up his right leg, Xiang Tao thought that Zhang Jun would hit the door directly, and hurriedly stretched out his leg to block, but Zhang Jun picked up his right foot, and his heel knocked the ball from the back of the supporting foot to the left side of his body, and at the same time took advantage of the situation to turn around, and then then volleyed vigorously with his left foot!
Cruyff turned around! The ball is in!
"Good shot! Beautiful! β
"Wow! Xiang Tao! Isn't your baby known as one-on-one invincible? Why don't you make it now? Ha ha! β
shouted outside the court, and Qiu Suhui was very pleased to see that Zhang Jun's movements were more smooth and natural. If there will be no more sensational effects when he uses it again, it is also because this action invented by Johann Cruyff has been perfectly integrated into Zhang Jun's body.
Zhang Jun smiled and pulled up Xiang Tao, who fell to the ground, patted him on the shoulder and ran back to the middle circle, while Xiang Tao stood alone with his hands on his hips, shaking his head helplessly. The two best defenders in the Dutch league were defeated at the feet of Zhang Jun, and he has nothing to be frustrated about, he and Zhang Jun are not at the same level at all! But why are you just a little unwilling?
In this game, the red team won by a big score in the end, and Qiu Suhui saw that Zhang Jun and Yang Pan were in good shape, and as they said, their feet were itchy. But on the other hand, he also saw that Zhang Jun and Yang Pan cooperated very well, and there was still a lack of tacit understanding with other teammates.
The national Olympic team still has time, but Zhang Jun and Yang Pan don't have much time. Qiu Suhui decided not to recall Zhang Jun and Yang Pan in the match against Syria, and it should be enough to rely on these domestic players.
Zhang Jun and Yang Pan should focus on adjusting their form, and their first goal is to establish themselves in the strong Italian Serie A, which is a blessing not only for the two of them, but also for Chinese football.
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