Chapter 362: Podolsky's "Oolong"

Mark continued: "Although I work in the UK a lot, I know a lot about China. Because of the addition of Li, Arsenal's fan base in China is now on par with traditional giants such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan and Manchester United. And there is not much competition between Arsenal and Real Madrid, Barcelona and AC Milan, not in the same league. So the number of Arsenal fans in China at the moment is quite large. ”

"In terms of team results, Arsenal's results have been quite consistent over the years. In the highly competitive Premier League, you can still compete for the title every year on the basis of retaining a Champions League place, which is actually quite good. Champions, we are confident that this young and experienced Arsenal will win the title under Mr Arsene Wenger and believe me, that day is not far off. ”

Then a reporter asked Wenger: "May I ask Mr. Wenger, what benefits will this partnership plan bring to Arsenal?" ”

Arsene Wenger was blunt: "Of course there are benefits, it's a win-win partnership. We can enjoy the convenience brought by their digitalization and big data, and they will be able to use Arsenal's channel resources to expand Huawei's brand influence and promotion power. Of course, the most immediate thing is that we will have more money to spend on reinforcements and team salaries next season. This will make us more competitive in the league and the Champions Cup! ”

Arsene Wenger said this, smiling knowingly.

A journalist who does not climb up the pole is not a good journalist.

"Do you mean Arsenal will make big signings next season? Can you tell us about the plan or goal of the recruitment? ”

Arsene Wenger certainly won't be fooled, saying: "It's a question for next season, it's only been a long time since the season started, so it's too early to talk about that, after all, the current squad is still in the run-in period. And here is the press conference on the cooperation between Huawei and Arsenal, and I like everyone's questions to be discussed between Huawei and Arsenal. Of course, what I can tell you is this."

Is there really an insider? The reporters below stared at Arsene Wenger expectantly, hoping to hear some inside information. The greedy gaze glowed green, just like the strange Shu Huang saw the little Lori.

In the eyes of everyone's expectation, Wenger continued: "Before next season, it is the World Cup, and it is said that the transfer market is the most active time after the end of the World Cup. The best players shine on this big stage and attract the attention of the big teams. At the same time, the major clubs will also keep an eye on those good players, so when all clubs are bringing in reinforcements to strengthen their strength, Arsenal will definitely make up for and repair the shortcomings, otherwise there will be no fun next season."

Huh? said a lot of nonsense, and it felt like a lot of news was said, but in fact, there was not a single fart.

Of course, the reporters also heard Wenger's excuses and some unnutritious words.

A reporter rolled his eyes, got up and asked, "May I ask Li, what role did you play in the project signed by Huawei and Arsenal?" ”

Huawei is a Chinese company, and Li Zihan is also the only Chinese player in Arsenal, and the only Chinese player with a reputation on the Europa continent. Therefore, the cooperation between the two has nothing to do with Li Zihan, and the ghost does not believe it.

"I'm just playing a dispensable role, and I've heard that Huawei wants to work with Arsenal, and Arsenal has been looking for electronic and digital partners. So I conveyed the intention of Huawei Group to the club's business department, and everyone hit it off and finally formed it after detailed discussions. Actually, I basically didn't have much of a role, because Huawei's intention was very clear, they just needed to find Mr. Tom Fox, who was in charge of business at the club. Li Zihan shrugged and replied very easily.

At this time, Ren Ping spoke, and this time Huawei's crown prince, Ren Ping, used the title of vice minister of overseas affairs to participate in this cooperation.

"Zihan has undoubtedly been the catalyst in this partnership and I would like to thank him for his contribution to the signing of the contract between Huawei and Arsenal. As the best Chinese football player, Zihan and our company also have similar beliefs. So before signing a contract with Arsenal, in fact, we discussed with Zihan on the issue of image endorsement. Originally, we were going to announce this after Christmas, but since this is all the same, we will be lazy and have one less press conference. Ren Ping made a humorous joke, and then continued: "Here I announce that our mobile communication business under Huawei has reached an agreement with Li Zihan. In the next four years, Zihan will be the global spokesperson of Huawei's mobile phone brand. ”

Li Zihan originally wanted to keep a low profile, but he didn't expect the other party to push himself up all of a sudden. I feel like I'm here to play football, not to pimp, not to be a matchmaker.

"How much is the endorsement fee?" The witty reporter immediately asked.

"Sorry, this is a trade secret and is not convenient to disclose." Ren Ping replied.

Arsenal has found a new channel to "get money", and Huawei has found a channel to promote its mobile phone brand to the world, which is indeed a win-win situation.

After the reporter's question session, Huawei showed a new generation of mobile phone products, the model is Huawei P6.

Then Huawei's people took reporters and key players such as Arsene Wenger and Li Zihan, who attended the press conference, as well as the club's chief commercial officer, to visit Huawei's temporary booth, which contained the history of Huawei Group, the history of Huawei's mobile phone industry and the new model P6.

After introducing the new model, Li Zihan, Mesut Ozil, Ramsey and other key players accompanied Wenger to take photos with Mark Michiro, senior vice president of Huawei British Company.

The first is Li Zihan, Ozil, Ramsey, Wilshere, and Podolski, the five main players, each holding a Huawei P6 in his hand, taking pictures with Mark Micchison.

The second is also a photo of the five of them and Mark Micchison, but without a mobile phone. Instead, Mark Mickison, who was standing in the middle, was holding an Arsenal home jersey, the back of the shirt was facing the camera's camera, the English name of Huawei was written on the back of the player's name, and the mobile phone model P6 was written in the position of the number.

The third one is very simple, a photo of Mark Mickey and Arsene Wenger smiling and shaking hands at the camera.

The press conference did not end until noon, and it took half a day. Of course, in fact, the press conference and the reporter's Q&A interaction only took an hour, and most of the rest of the time was Huawei's people who were comparing the phone's performance and playing their promotional videos.

Li Zihan, who walked out of the Kearney training base, yawned and stretched. Ozil, Podolsky, Ramsey and Wilshere smiled at the four people next to him and said, "Do you think we are working overtime today?" Will there be half-day overtime pay? Today is a rest, so the five of us go to work. ”

Ozil's goldfish glanced at him and said, "You signed a four-million-pound endorsement contract, and you are embarrassed to ask for such a mere half a day's salary?" ”

The cost of Li Zihan's endorsement of Huawei has not been officially announced, but some well-informed media have already known the approximate amount. Some Chinese media broke out that it was 10 million yuan, which is also inseparable from 1 million pounds.

When his friends in the team asked, Li Zihan did not hide it and told them the specific amount. So it is not surprising that Mesut Ozil is referring to £4 million over the entire four-year period of his contract.

"That is, with this contract from Huawei alone, you earn nearly one-third of your salary every year." Wilshere chimed in.

"We're working overtime for nothing, okay, if there is such a good thing in the future, ask them if they don't need a spokesperson, can they introduce it to us." Podolsky said.

Li Zihan is full of black lines, okay, he just helped the club to play pimp, and this teammate also wants it

"Forget it, I don't want to rob your agent of his job. Besides, you think I don't know how many business contracts you have. Li Zihan waved his hand.

The five of them joked and walked towards the parking lot, the team officially had a holiday last night, and because of this signing ceremony, Li Zihan and the five came to the training base this morning. Now that the matter is done, they have to hurry up and enjoy the few days that are left for a day and a half.

In the evening, I had dinner with Sister Susan and Yiyi. Li Zihan turned on the computer as usual to log in to his personal social media account, and usually when there were no games or busy, Li Zihan would also take some time to interact with fans or teammates on social media.

And today he opened Weibo first, and the first message on his Weibo was sent by his teammate Podolski five minutes ago.

Li Zihan took a sip of tea and glanced at Podolsky's Weibo, but it was okay not to read it, and as soon as he saw it, he sprayed the tea directly on the computer screen.

Podolsky sent a piece of Chinese: "Today we signed a contract with a Coolpad mobile phone from China, which is of high quality and cost-effective. ”

The accompanying picture is a selfie of Podolsky holding a Huawei P6

Li Zihan hurriedly opened the comment, but of course, it was full of some ridiculous messages.

Among them, a talented netizen directly forwarded it to Huawei's official Weibo and said: "You are really the conscience of the industry, and you spend a lot of money to help your opponent advertise."

Li Zihan shook his head with a wry smile, he knew what the reason was. Podolsky didn't know how to type Chinese on a computer or mobile phone at all, and in fact, he only learned a few words of Chinese with Li Zihan.

And the reason for this oolong is that he used a translation software, directly input the software he wanted to express, and then automatically generate Chinese, and copy and paste after the most coarse.

Li Zihan's words should be good: "Today we signed a contract with a cool mobile phone brand from China"