Chapter 41: From China
When the fuselage shook, Qi Wei took off the headphones, and he knew that their group had set foot in the Netherlands. The destination of this trip is Warrendam, a small town in the northeast of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, to make a special film for the two Chinese youngsters. Due to the emergence of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan in the Dutch Super League, domestic fans have paid more and more attention to them, and only relying on text reports in newspapers and short goal pictures in sports news can no longer satisfy the public's desire to understand.
As the leader of China's TV media and the best sports channel in China, CCTV5 will be completely defeated in this news war if it does not take action. At that time, no one wanted to see the bad luck except for competitors. So the film crew led by Qi Wei, the host of "World Football", was quickly formed and sent to the Netherlands. They will be in Warrendam for a week. In another week, the edited feature will be presented to the audience in "World Football".
Qi Wei and his colleagues walked out of the airport with their carry-on luggage and some simple equipment, and one of the colleagues who arrived early was already waiting at the exit with Li Yan and Wang Hua, authoritative reporters who reported on Zhang Jun and Yang Pan in China.
Qi Wei's cooperation with Li Yan can also be seen as the cooperation between "Sports Weekly" and CCTV5. Because Li Yan received a notice from the headquarters in advance, he asked him to fully cooperate with and support CCTV reporters during this period. Establishing a good cooperative relationship with CCTV is also a step plan for the development and growth of "Sports Weekly".
The two sides met and greeted for a while, and then went straight to the point.
"Let's go to Warrendam!"
In the car, Li Yan introduced the history and recent achievements of Warrendam to the reporters of CCTV5, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan did not need to be introduced, with the joint efforts of all Chinese reporters who came to the Netherlands, they made headlines almost every day, and they have long been the number one news figures in the hearts of Chinese fans.
Warrendam has had a good run of results recently, with four wins, two draws and six losses after 11 rounds of the league, and 14 points are temporarily out of the relegation zone. The four wins and two draws were all achieved by Zhang Jun and Yang Pan after they came on the pitch as first-team players, which shows how important these two people are to the team. Moreover, Warrendam has also been on a high journey in the Cup, having reached the round of 16 of the Cup, a result that has made the club owners very excited.
After arriving at Warrendam FC, the interview team had a brief meeting with the club's owners and head coaches, with Wang Hua acting as an interpreter. CCTV5 actually sent a letter of intent to Warrendam for an interview before coming, and only after receiving a reply agreeing to the interview did they send Qi Wei and them to the Netherlands. This meeting was also mainly for face-to-face communication, and the filming plan was arranged according to the current situation of the team.
These are not problems, Horns did not expect that because of the joining of two Chinese, his club would have such a high reputation in China, and he even wanted to open his hotel to China. Naturally, I vigorously cooperated with CCTV5's interview request.
Seeing the fat man nodding his head with a smile on his face, agreeing to all the requests made by the other party, Adrianse felt very funny. More than a month ago, the same person was still yelling at the two Chinese players in front of him for being "damned......
Adrianse wasn't as happy as Horns, he just wanted the film crew not to interfere with the team's normal training and games. As for other filming requests, such as entering the locker room when no one is in use during training, getting on the team bus when going to the game, interviewing team personnel, and tracking the whole process, he did not refuse.
Adrianse's attitude towards reporters is now a 180-degree turn compared to before, all because of what Li Yan said to him when he asked for an interview with Zhang Jun and Yang Pan: "If the eagle doesn't take it to see the blue sky, how can it learn to fly?" The flowers in the greenhouse will never withstand the wind and rain, and the chicks under the wings of the hen will never become eagles! ”
Indeed, they have to learn to face the media, and this is a part of the journey they have to go through to grow up. He has no right to obstruct their access to the media, and in fact he has no way to do so, and journalists are becoming more and more powerful. But he can be on the sidelines to guide them in how to engage with the media properly.
A Chinese journalist who had come from afar taught him a lesson. Adrianse looked at Li Yan, no wonder Zhang Jun and Yang Pan trusted him so much, they even let him go to the party, and what news was provided to him first. All he sent back to China was exclusive news, first-hand reporting, and it was not difficult to become a well-known sports reporter in China all of a sudden.
A very responsible journalist, a trustworthy person. This is Adrianse's evaluation of this famous Chinese football journalist in the future.
Zhang Jun and Yang Pan knew a few days in advance that CCTV5 was going to come to the Netherlands to interview them for follow-up interviews, they had only seen interviews with players who went abroad on TV before, but they didn't expect that one day they would become the subject of interviews.
However, after hearing the news, their first reaction was not excitement, nor nervousness, nor suspicion, nor expectation. They just yelled, and then, after the training, rushed back to the apartment to do a big cleaning, a big cleansing. Dirty clothes were washed and dried, bed sheets were changed, sneakers were neatly placed in the shoe cabinet, messy tables were spotlessly cleaned, glass was wiped and floors were mopped.
When Kozel came to talk to them, he thought he had entered the wrong door, but when he knew why, he burst into laughter. During the training the next day, he patted Zhang Jun on the shoulder and said solemnly: "I think the coach should let you accept more interviews like this, so that you can save the cost of hiring cleaners, and you can also exercise your self-care ability, which is also additional physical training, how good!" ”
Qi Wei and Li Yan carefully studied the filming plan in the hotel, and decided to start the interview the next day, starting with their regular training. Then, while they were training, they entered the locker room and showed the audience Zhang Jun and Yang Pan's wardrobes and some equipment to satisfy the audience's desire to snoop.
There will be interviews with some players and coaches, other staff and fans of the town, and the two Chinese players will be seen through the eyes of the Dutch.
They then went into their apartment to photograph how they were doing after training.
The competition is an important part, and the film crew must follow the whole process. They even got special permission to go into the dressing room before the game, at half-time, to shoot. This is a very tolerant attitude of the interviewee, for many teams, the locker room is a forbidden area, which has the absolute ** of players and coaches, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.
After studying the shooting plan, Qi Wei yawned and said to Li Yan, "What time will they start training tomorrow morning?" ”
"Ten o'clock."
"Then we're going to put the machine on the rack at half-past nine, and we're going to leave at nine. Go get some rest early! Qi Wei yawned again, it seems that he really can't hold on, he is busy with work without jet lag, and he is also a dedicated and responsible person.
The next day, CCTV5 arrived at the training ground before half past nine, the morning in the Netherlands was sunny, but it was close to winter, and the temperature was a little low.
"It's nothing! It's snowing in Yanjing at this time! Qi Wei instructed everyone to hurry up and set up the machine, and said to Li Yan beside him. But when he turned his head, he saw that there were already three figures running laps on the training ground.
"Huh?" Qi Wei took a closer look and found that two of them were Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, and the other was the team's main defender Seth Kozel. Qi Wei raised his wrist and looked at his watch, it was only half past nine.
"They, are they always so early?" Qi Wei asked Li Yan.
Li Yan nodded: "It's like this almost every day." ”
Qi Wei was as excited as if he had found a treasure, and he pulled over a cameraman: "Quick!" Shoot at the training ground, let's get started! ”
So, in the camera, two Chinese teenagers and a Dutch teenager are jogging side by side, they talk a few words from time to time, and they are very intimate.
Qi Wei began the report with the microphone, first standing in front of the camera to introduce to the audience that he was now on the sidelines of the training ground of the Warrendam club: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am now outside the training ground of the Warendamm club in the Netherlands. The green field and two small buildings in the shade of the trees you see are the training base of Warrendam. It can be seen that the training base is not magnificent, but the environment is very good. ”
The cameraman gave a panoramic view of the training ground, and then moved the camera in turn with Qi Wei's explanation: "This small white two-story building is the office building of Warrendam Club, and the offices of the club's president, Mr. Horns, and head coach Adrianse, are in the building. The orange and white three-story building next to the office building is the team's complex, which has a physiotherapy room, massage room, indoor soccer field, gym and other rooms. It can be seen that although the sparrow is small, it has all the necessary facilities for a professional club, Warrendam. ”
Then Qi Wei flashed to the side and pointed the camera at the training ground.
"Our film crew arrived here at half past nine to prepare for the shooting, but we didn't expect to see this scene unexpectedly. It's just after half past nine, and the team's training starts at ten. But, ladies and gentlemen, what do you see? ”
The camera advances, and the close-ups of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan's two faces appear in the camera respectively. The camera pulls out again, in the middle shot, and three people in Warendamm tracksuits on the training ground are warming up.
"Many people know that Zhang Jun and Yang Pan have a very good performance in the Netherlands, and they are ranked first in the team in terms of goals and assists. Some people say that they are the genius prodigies of Chinese football, but everyone has seen it, according to Li Yan, a reporter from the sports weekly who specializes in tracking and interviewing them, their phenomenon of training in advance is like this almost every day! Genius is one percent talent and 99 percent sweat, and the performance of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan is a good interpretation for us. ”
The other is the main defender who lives next door to them, Korzel, who has been on loan from Ajax's youth team for one year this season. Watching the three of them talk and laugh on the field, we can know that they have integrated into the team very well, and they should have passed the language barrier, and I am sincerely happy for them. ”
While jogging, Kozel glanced at the reporters on the sidelines: "Tsk, big scene!" Hey! Zhang Jun, can you teach me a greeting in Chinese? I'll go up and say hello later. ”
Zhang Jun remembered that some time ago, Ao Chu pestered him vigorously, and he had to worship him as a teacher to learn Chinese. Zhang Jun was so annoyed by him that he casually taught him a few words so that he could show his hand when he met Chinese reporters.
He remembered that Kozel had been laughing at them yesterday, and he thought about it. He looked at Kozel and smiled sincerely: "Okay, I'll give you the simplest and most commonly used greeting." What I taught Ochu that day was false, and this is the correct one......"
The cameraman was still working, and Qi Wei was already chatting with Li Yan and them: "Look at what they are talking about, so happy, look at Yang Pan smiling!" ”
"Hehe, I don't know, I can't hear you. But this kind of scene can be seen everywhere, Warrendam is a young team, there are many young people, and they are all very easy to get along with. Zhang Jun: They're in a good place! Li Yan sighed.
"Two great coaches, a relaxed environment, a group of good teammates, no wonder these two can succeed so easily."
"Excellent coach?" Li Yan remembered Qiu Suhui, who briefly worked as an assistant here some time ago, a name that once represented Chinese football. However, the first meeting between the two was not pleasant, and he took the initiative to shake hands with Qiu Suhui, after all, he was once his fan. As a result, the other party ignored him and turned around and left, which made him so embarrassed.
He followed Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, and also witnessed how Qiu Suhui arranged training and how he trained two fledgling Chinese teenagers to become popular new stars in the Dutch Super League. "He's a good coach, but I don't like ...... much," Li Yan muttered to himself.
The team members came one after another, and they seemed to be accustomed to Zhang Jun's early training, and they were not surprised.
As soon as he saw so many Chinese reporters, he rushed to the working cameraman, opened his mouth, and said in Chinese: "Your uncle!" ”
As soon as these words came out, all the film crew members present were stunned, and then Ao Chu asked the staff with a smile: "How is it?" How is my Chinese? It doesn't matter if people can understand his half-baked Dutch or not.
At this time, Kozel also walked up, and he pulled away Ao Chu: "Zhang Jun said, what you said is not right, I am the correct Chinese!" Then he coughed: "Hmm! In awkward but clear Chinese, he said the "greeting" that Zhang Jun had just taught him word by word: "Ya--yes!" Ahh ”
The Chinese present should know what this means, and the faces of the film crew have changed, but they suddenly heard a burst of laughter from the side.
Li Yan and Wang Hua squatted on the ground holding their stomachs, and Zhang Jun and Yang Pan on the other side were also out of breath laughing.
Kozel didn't understand what was going on, so he had to laugh along with the others.
Qi Wei, who didn't know why, pulled Li Yan up and asked him, "What's going on?" ”
Li Yan wiped away his tears: "Haha! It's, that's it. Some time ago, Ao Chu Lao pestered Zhang Jun to learn Chinese, and Zhang Jun couldn't stand being pestered by him, so he casually taught him a curse word, and told him that this is a common Chinese greeting, which is equivalent to 'hello!' in English. 'Ao Chu has learned, when he sees Chinese reporters, he will come to such a sentence, and Wang Hua and I also asked him to greet him like this, ha! ”
"And what's going on with ......' 'girl'?"
Li Yan smiled: "Didn't you just see the three of them 'talking and laughing' together?" You still said that you watched Yang Pan laugh...... Ha ha! ”
Qi Wei and his gang came to their senses, Qi Wei shook his head and smiled: "This troublemaker!" He gave Kozel a thumbs up and replied, "Verygood! Ya Ting, Ya Ting! ”
The others also followed to "greet" Kozel: "Your uncle's, your uncle's!" ”
Zhang Jun and Yang Pan laughed even more happily, but later Kozel, who knew the truth, did it with Zhang Jun in training, and the fierce confrontation made the Chinese reporters from afar sweat, only Li Yan watched the battle casually, and applauded Zhang Jun's dodge and Kozel's steal from time to time, and he saw a lot of such training.
Adrianse was the last to come to the training ground, and then the team started the formal training of the morning, and the players stopped joking, but followed the training seriously.
Qi Wei and the others were busy again, one camera always following Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, and the other filming the performance of other players and coaches. Now there is nothing Li Yan to do, he just sits on the edge of the field, quietly watching the training ground.
Zhang Jun and Yang Pan have fully integrated into the team, performing well and steadily on the field, and now even CCTV5 has sent a special film crew to interview them and do special features for them. Their names will surely resound throughout China, and in the future, Li Yan seems to have seen these two names resounding all over the world.
If you hadn't seen them play; If you hadn't decided to extend your vacation to interview them; If you were rejected once and then gave up...... Li Yan shook his head, he didn't want to think about those ifs anymore. On top of that, he is now sitting on the sidelines watching the two of them train, surrounded by busy CCTV5 reporters.
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