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After completing the signing with Nike in Beijing, Chu Zhongtian did not rush home the next day, but took Emily to the Badaling Great Wall, and finally understood his grievances. This is Emily's first time to come to www.biquge.info the Great Wall, and it is also the first time for Chu Zhongtian, a native of Sichuan.

"If you don't go to the Great Wall, you're not a good person, but we're good people now!"

After a day of playing in the Great Wall, I took a plane back to Chengdu, Sichuan the next day.

This time, more people greeted them at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport than the previous two times, except for the fans, it was the media. A large number of media poured in, blocking the not spacious exit of Shuangliu Airport.

The masses who don't know the truth don't know what happened, and they are still looking for someone to ask: "Li Yuchun is coming to a concert?" ”

"What? Isn't Zhang Liangying verbose? ”

"Is it Jacky Cheung or Andy Lau this time?"

…… Chu Zhongtian and Emily, who had already seen a similar scene at the airport in Beijing, were not surprised by the surging crowd in front of them, they once again squeezed out the crowd under the protection of airport security, and then got into a noble car, throwing off everyone and leaving.

After returning home and officially introducing Emily to her parents, the foreign girlfriend was warmly welcomed by her parents, and many neighbors came to see the excitement. Chu Zhongtian didn't have time to catch up with his parents, because he and Emily were pressed for time.

Because of the World Cup, Chu Zhongtian had a vacation of nearly two months, but Emily only had a week, so after returning to Sichuan, Chu Zhongtian changed places non-stop - slept at home, and the next day he and Emily went to Jiuzhaigou.

After three days of playing in Jiuzhaigou, Emily will be ready to fly back to the United States when she returns to Chengdu.

Chu Zhongtian was very reluctant, but there was no way.

sent Emily all the way to Shanghai, and after the two of them lingered, they reluctantly put Emily on a flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles.

Then he returned to his home in Chengdu alone.

That's when we got down to business.

In order to concentrate on playing with Emily, he declined all interviews, and told those media who wanted to interview, please wait a week, he was going to stay in China for a month.

After sending Emily away, he began to ask Xu Xiaodi to sort out the interview requests of the domestic media for him, and in addition, let's see if there are other things, such as endorsements with domestic companies...... I believe that after the signing ceremony with Nike in Beijing, those domestic companies will be more enthusiastic and the price will be higher.

In addition, he has to buy a big house for his parents in the most luxurious community in Chengdu, and a smaller house in the community near his mother's school. Buy dad a car so he can get back on the road too. In the past, in order to raise money for Chu Zhongtian to study abroad and play football, his father sold his car. Later, I didn't succeed in playing football abroad, but the money was used to study abroad. So now that Chu Zhongtian has money, he immediately thought of buying a new car for his father, so that he can have a car to drive, and he doesn't have to crowd the bus when he goes out with his mother in the future, and it is difficult to get a taxi in Chengdu.

In addition to investing in his parents' real estate in Chengdu, Chu Zhongtian also had to take time to be interviewed from all over the country. At the same time, he was on TV to do programs. For example, CCTV's "Football Night" program asked him to do an interview program, in which he talked about his feelings about playing abroad for four years, and the change of mentality from amateur to professional. In the show, the host Li Jianhong asked a sensitive topic, which did not greet Chu Zhongtian in advance, and was completely a sudden attack.

"On the topic of the national team. We've noticed that for more than a season, there have been media wonders why you've never been selected for the national team......"

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Hmm." ”

"And why?"

Chu Zhongtian stretched out his hand: "I don't know." Maybe they don't think I'm good enough......"

Speaking of this, he laughed, and Li Jianhong also laughed - not qualified? No kidding, if you are not qualified, there will be no players in China who are qualified to be selected for the national team.

This is the end of the topic about the national team, Chu Zhongtian is reluctant to talk about it, and Li Jianhong also knows that it is not easy to talk about it. said the wrong thing in the program, maybe the Football Association called to protest and threatened to block CCTV, and he would be punished as the host of the program and write a review. Why bother? Anyway, it's just a show that shows Chu Zhongtian's perfect season in the past, so there's no need to be so troublesome.

After finishing this episode, Xu Xiaodi told Chu Zhongtian a piece of news that couldn't be said to be good or bad: "Zhu Suishen called me and asked for your contact information. ”

Zhu Suishen is the current head coach of the Chinese national team, and Chu Zhongtian still knows this person. What can he do to find himself? It must have something to do with the national team.

Chu Zhongtian said: "Then give it to him, my mobile phone number is not an underground number." ”

"I've already given it to him, and I guess he'll call you soon."

When Chu Zhongtian returned to Chengdu the next day, his mobile phone rang, and the number displayed on the screen was an unfamiliar number, and he picked it up, and the voice over there was also an unfamiliar hoarse voice.

"Xiao Chu. I'm Zhu Suishen. ”

"Huh? Oh...... Coach Zhu is good. Chu Zhongtian didn't know what the domestic players called the head coach of the national team, so he called him "coach". His attitude towards the head coach of the national team is neither humble nor arrogant, and he is not ecstatic about Coach Zhu of the national team taking the initiative to find him, and his tone is very flat.

"Actually, I've wanted to call you for a long time, but I haven't had your contact information. That's when I asked for your phone from your agent, so I called you. I came to you to ask you if you would like to serve your country. ”

Is this a national team call-up?

Can Chu Zhongtian say "no"? Neither from a football point of view nor from a business development point of view, you cannot say "no". However, Chu Zhongtian was still a little resentful of the fact that the national team had been ignoring him before, and he expressed it more tactfully: "Ha! Coach Zhu, of course I do. The national team never looked for me before, and I thought it was because I wasn't qualified. ”

If Chu Zhongtian and Zhu Suishen came face to face at this time, he would definitely be able to see that the expression on Zhu Suishen's face was a little unnatural.

From this sentence alone, Zhu Suishen could feel that this Chu Zhongtian didn't seem to be the kind of player who was very good at discipline. But if he hadn't been recruited, the pressure of public opinion would be so great now that it would be impossible to say that a player who led the team to win the championship in the French Cup and was elected the best player in the final could not be selected for the national team for a long time, and the media and fans would be angry.

"Hehe......" Zhu Suishen laughed dryly, "That's good." The national team has a European training session at the beginning of June, and they will play two matches against Switzerland and France. On 29 May, they gathered at the Xianghe training base in Beijing and then left for Europe. ”

"No problem, I'll report on time."

Being able to play against the French team, Chu Zhongtian is quite looking forward to it, because there are his teammate Ribery in the team, and Zidane, whom he has always wanted to fight.

As for the rumours in the national team, he doesn't care. He doesn't mix in domestic football, he doesn't have any worries about forming gangs, and he doesn't care about the bosses in the national team - we don't have river water, but if you want to find fault with me, I won't shrink my eggs.

He is not interested in being the boss who responds to every call, but he also does not want to be someone else's little brother. Ribery is the boss in Metz, and he himself is equal to him, and he is not blindly obedient.

After playing professional football abroad for two years, he was finally selected for the national team. Chu Zuosheng gave his advice to his son:

Don't warm up in the national team, don't mix other people's grievances, be cautious in making friends, be careful not to be used as a gun, and be careful not to be used as a gun, but also be careful of other people's guns and arrows.

"You don't care about anything but playing. But you can't be too weak, anyway, you're playing abroad, so there's no need to be afraid of the messy garbage stuff in Chinese football. ”

※※※After confirming that he was going to participate in the two matches of the national team in Europe, Chu Zhongtian continued to be busy with his affairs.

Among the foreign brand endorsements, only Nike has been confirmed. In China, Chu Zhongtian is an out-and-out sweetheart. Looking at the media attention that he and Emily caused after returning home, domestic companies know that they can't let this man go no matter what.

Although there are many domestic enterprises looking for Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian has a very clear understanding of how to use his personal image to bring himself a large amount of economic income.

He didn't want to take advantage of his image too much. He told Xu Xiaodi that if everyone could see their image everywhere when they opened their eyes every day, it would be boring. Therefore, his task for Xu Xiaodi is to sign only one brand first, and this brand must be very important and powerful, and it can't be a small brand.

After becoming famous, Chu Zhongtian also began to cherish his reputation and image. Emily has told him more than once that as a public figure, you have to take on more responsibilities, so it is an effective self-protection to protect your personal image.

"You're a normal person, you fart in public, maybe only a few people around you glare at you. But if you are a celebrity and you fart in public, the whole world will go crazy about it, which will lead to doubts and criticism of your personal qualities. That's what this world is. Emily's example is a bit vulgar, but it's not rough.

After repeated screening and evaluation, Xu Xiaodi locked on several targets, and finally talked about Haier Group.

The two sides signed a two-year contract, and every year Chu Zhongtian was able to earn an annual income of 5 million yuan from being an image spokesperson for Haier, shooting TV commercials and print advertisements, and attending commercial activities, which was converted into euros, about 500,000 yuan. Compared with Yao Ming's endorsement of Unicom earning 10 million yuan, it is not much, but it is enough to satisfy Chu Zhongtian.

Since 2003, because of the emergence of various negative news about Chinese football, the personal image of the players has also been affected, and now three years later, basically no Chinese players have endorsed domestic brands. Shanghai Shenhua did shoot commercials for their sponsors, but it was completely free, and the players didn't get a penny. Apart from them, only Li Weifeng and Zhao Junzhe have endorsed a sports brand's clothing, and other than that, Chinese players are no longer seen on TV and in print ads.

Gone are the 2002 gold rush for Chinese players, and the current state of Chinese football can be seen from the fact that Chinese players have been snubbed in the advertising world.

Under such circumstances, Chu Zhongtian was able to sign a high-profile contract with Nike and was invited by Haier to be an image endorsement, making him the advertising king of Chinese football - although this title is really embarrassing, but the media is promoting it like this.

At the same time, the media also believe that Chu Zhongtian's double harvest on the stadium and in the shopping mall will definitely stimulate more Chinese players to want to play abroad, but it is difficult to say whether the club will let people go or not, and whether the Football Association will let people go...... There are also media who took this opportunity to ridicule the national football team.

"Everyone complains that they make less money, their image is bad, their reputation is stinky, but they never want to think about who caused all this. Now look at Chu Zhongtian's sums of money, who doesn't blush? But what can I do about it? Let's see how Chu Zhongtian earned fifteen million advertising revenue a year? In order to be appalling, this media also specially converted the euro into renminbi to calculate, so that the original 1.5 million has increased tenfold, and it seems that it is obviously 15 million, which is more exciting for readers.

"Strength, professionalism, and a good personal image. There will be so many advertisers who favor it. I think Chu Zhongtian's performance this summer is enough to stimulate those players who don't seek to improve to reflect and reflect! If you play well, you can't make enough money, and if you don't play well, you can take that dead salary every month! At the end of the day, it's all about playing well. Professional players, professional players, playing football is a profession, they can't do well in their profession, they just want to get out of the way, how can there be such a good thing in this world? ”

※※※After talking with Haier, Chu Zhongtian went to visit the headquarters of Haier in Qingdao non-stop, and completed the contract, and then shot a set of print advertisements. TV commercials, on the other hand, are still in the creative stage.

After returning from Qingdao, the Propaganda Department of the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee came to the door again, hoping that Chu Zhongtian could serve as the image spokesperson of Chengdu. They proposed to pay a salary, or Chu Zuosheng would be a man, and said in a loud voice: "It is appropriate to make an image endorsement for the hometown city, what kind of money do you want?" Chengdu raised our son, and our son should repay Chengdu at this time. Don't want money, don't want money, don't ask for a penny! ”

The leaders were very happy, praised Chu Zhongtian's family greatly, and showed that if there were any difficulties that could be told to the government, the government could solve them.

Chu Zhongtian didn't understand why he didn't want the money delivered to him at first, but only now did he understand. His father refused a small amount of money, but he climbed into the government's connections, which is really clever enough. It is worthy of being fought by the shopping mall organs, and it is much stronger than a rookie himself. As soon as the leaders and the news crew left, Chu Zhongtian gave his father a thumbs up: "High, really high!" ”

Dad used this incident to teach Chu Zhongtian a lesson, telling him what money can be earned, and what money must be let go, so that he can get more and greater benefits. It's called casting a long line to catch a big fish.

"It's always right to have a good relationship with the leader. It is okay to offend anyone, but don't offend them. ”

"The Chinese Football Association is also a leader."

"Which of them counts? They can only influence you in football, and now you are outside of Chinese football, what are you afraid of them doing? Your mother and I are going to retire in Chengdu. ”

Subsequently, Chu Zhongtian attended the signing press conference of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and as the image spokesperson of Chengdu, he signed a contract for four years without taking a penny. The media naturally vigorously advocated this incident, and shaped Chu Zhongtian into a caring star who actively repays his hometown society after becoming famous.

This is also a good thing for Chu Zhongtian. His personal image has been improved, from an ordinary football player to a sports star who is enthusiastic about public welfare and has love.

Chu Zhongtian, who was busy with this series of things, was dizzy, and finally had time to rest, saying that he would accompany his parents to visit Chunxi Road, but as soon as he appeared on the street, he attracted onlookers. In the end, the plan to go shopping with his parents turned into a three-hour live autograph for fans...... Chu Zhongtian, who learned smartly, could only hide at home in the end, but invited Wang Hao's family to have a meal the day before he went to report to the national team, and Gu Jianming, the chairman of the Chengdu Football Association, was invited. It's not the first time Chu Zhongtian has met Chairman Gu Jianming, otherwise he wouldn't have invited him, when he was in Metz, Gu Jianming once went to Metz to discuss further cooperation opportunities with the club, and went to see him and Wang Hao, so I would like to invite him after returning to China this time.

After being busy with these things, Chu Zhongtian packed his luggage and went to the national team to report for the first time.

Prior to this, the national team announced the squad for this European training, and Chu Zhongtian was impressively listed. The voices that were angry about Chu Zhongtian's failure to be selected for the national team have disappeared.

The pressure on Zhu Suishen and the Football Association has also been reduced - after entering the national team, you have nothing to say, right?

After Chu Zhongtian reported at the Xianghe training base, he met with his teammates from the national team who arrived one after another. For him, the national football team is naturally "famous". This summer, the hottest Chinese player has no second person except Chu Zhongtian. Just soaking in a Hollywood star is enough for that group of turtles to envy for a while. Moreover, he is still the highest-paid Chinese footballer, playing the main core of the French top league, winning the French Cup, being voted the best player in the final, and being selected in the best team of Ligue 1 this season, although still a substitute.

So when Chu Zhongtian came to the national team, he came with an aura of various colors.

It's just that I don't know if these halos of his are good in the national team.

After the national team arrived, they trained briefly for three days at the Xianghe training base in Beijing before departing for Switzerland, where they will play a warm-up match against Switzerland in the World Cup on June 3 and France on June 7.

Because both teams were placed in a group with South Korea, the Chinese team, which also belongs to East Asia, naturally became the warm-up object of the two teams. They chose the warm-up object obviously considering that Chinese football and South Korean football are geographically close and should be close in style, so they can warm up and be familiar with the style of the Korean team in advance.

But they were looking for the wrong opponent...... Chinese football and Korean football are completely different sports from two worlds.

For the French team, this is especially tragic...... author's words: finally have to join the national football team. However, you can rest assured that the national football team is not the focus of this book, and many times it will only be brushed aside. Let Chu Zhongtian join the national football team just because it is more real - a star who has performed well in foreign leagues, has a huge influence in the media, and has a high popularity among the fan base, it is impossible not to join the national team unless he changes his nationality. Even if the Football Association offers 200,000 places, in the face of Chu Zhongtian's high strength and popularity, it is impossible for them not to call him into the team because Chu Zhongtian does not give money, that is not true. If that's the case, the media and fans will ask: "Why don't you recruit Chu Zhongtian into the national team?" "You can't say that it's because Chu Zhongtian didn't give money, right? There are no injuries, they are in good shape, and in games like the World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers, the club must also release people, and it is obviously unjustifiable not to recruit them, and they can't find an excuse.

Let him join the national team, just to make the environment he is in more realistic, at least there are national team match data. Although the Chinese Football Association is black, it is not blind and deaf, why don't such a player who performs well and has no contradiction with them not recruit?

To put it bluntly, the national football game is for Chu Zhongtian to use the data - how many games he has participated in and how many goals he has scored on behalf of the club, how many international A-level events he has participated in on behalf of the national team, and how many goals he has scored...... Such.

Well, there's another reason. In fact, I really want Chu Zhongtian and Zidane to play a game, and this warm-up match between France and China before the World Cup is the last chance......

(To be continued)