No. 288 That's not how face comes from
Real Madrid players want to go out for a walk, of course the organizers take it seriously, these stars, if they go out, if something happens, it will be bad. In addition, it is said that Real Madrid has also bought insurance for the players, of course, this is not for Huaxia, do not believe in the security of Huaxia, this is the practice of Real Madrid, when the team needs to leave Spain to play a game, they will buy insurance for the players, which is also a little-known 'humane' scene of Real Madrid.
The organizer asked the stars of Real Madrid where they planned to go, Jonk thought about it, it was almost half past 9 o'clock in the evening, and he couldn't go to many places, so he asked everyone where to go, where did these people know where to go, even Raul who had been to China didn't know where to go, not to mention, Raul and Guti and other old players did not mess around with them, and had already gone back to the room to rest.
Jonk knew that his question was in vain, so he made a decision for everyone, "Please prepare a car, let's go to Quanjude." β
The organizers immediately went to prepare and prepared a minibus for everyone, and this line of Real Madrid stars, a total of more than a dozen people, is just right for this kind of minibus.
On the way, Jonker introduced everyone how famous and delicious this roast duck from Quanjude is.
Someone disagreed, and Pepe expressed his disbelief, in his mind, can a fat and greasy duck be delicious?
Jonk smiled mysteriously, "You won't say that after you taste it." β
At this time, Higuain spoke, and he proved that this kind of duck was delicious, and Jonk asked the Argentine shooter strangely if he had eaten it? Higuain said with a smile that he went to the United States during the holidays. I once ate at Yao Ming's 'Yao Restaurant' in Houston.
Jonk suddenly realized, no wonder Higuain was barely qualified with chopsticks. It turned out to be 'cultivated'.
Quanjude is so famous, naturally it is a lot of customers. They all have to queue up, and the organizers also urgently contacted the Quanjude side at this time, and asked for a reserved private room in Quanjude to the stars of Real Madrid, these time-honored brands all have these reserved private rooms, after all, there are always some big people who will suddenly come, and you must always be prepared, right?
Eating roast duck in Quanjude has been a topic of conversation among Real Madrid stars for a long time, and the pig's foot of the topic is Portuguese central defender Pepe.
This guy is on the way to Quanjude. I also thought that roast duck was unpalatable food, but I didn't expect that just after eating the first bite, Pepe was full of praise and began to feast, as if he had been hungry for hundreds of years.
In the end, Pepe ate two ducks alone, much to the shock of Jonker. I have to sigh at this guy's good appetite.
Quanjude is so happy, the Real Madrid star likes to eat, this is a good thing, the lobby manager of the hotel found Pepe. Asked if the photo of Pepe eating roast duck just now could be used as a promotional film for Quanjude.
At this time, Pepe showed his cunning, and he shook his head. Just when the lobby manager of Quanjude thought that the Portuguese disagreed, Pepe said something in Spanish.
The lobby manager looked at Jonker. Jonk couldn't help but smile and said, "He said he could use his photos for advertising." However, give him endorsement fees. β
When the lobby manager heard it, this is no problem, this is the 21st century, and Quanjude did not plan to use the players' portrait rights for free, or even secretly use them, after all, there are still very few things like 'silver throat' shaking Ronaldo.
So, Pepe left a phone call for Quanjude and asked Quanjude to contact the staff of Real Madrid, and the club had to come forward in this matter.
In this way, Real Madrid's visit to China, the first commercial signing of the players, was born, and no one thought that eating ducks could also eat sponsorship contracts.
At the time of checkout, everyone still feels very expensive for a duck to ask for a few hundred yuan, don't look at these stars who earn at least millions of euros a year, but they are not the kind of lavish, of course, when they should spend money chicly, they are also very willing.
In the end, everyone joked that they were going to slaughter Pepe and make the Portuguese pay the bill, and who asked Pepe to eat duck actually earned a sponsorship fee.
Of course, this is a joke, Jonker as the host, this is also the first time to go out to eat with his teammates, he took the initiative to pay the bill, this is also to deepen communication with his teammates, to be honest, if Jonk doesn't pay money, it is estimated that these guys who earn tens of millions of yuan a year can really AA system......
Just as Jonk and his teammates were eating Quanjude roast duck, Real Madrid marketing director Alexis Sanchez came out of Florentino's room and knocked on the door of manager Manuel Pellegrini's room.
"Is there anything going on, Sanchez?" Manuel Pellegrini let Sanchez into the room.
Real Madrid's marketing director Alexis Sanchez has spoken to Real Madrid manager Manuel Pellegrini.
"Oh God, Sanchez, is that true?" Peragrini couldn't believe his ears.
"I'm not kidding, Manuel." Sanchez shook his head and said, in fact, he also found it difficult to talk about this matter.
Hearing him say this, Pellegrini waved his hand in praise, indicating that he still couldn't believe it.
It's no wonder that Pellegrini was shocked, he had never heard of such a thing, but it was really in front of him.
Sanchez told SΓΉ Pellegrini that due to the recent slump in domestic football in China, there is an urgent need to improve morale and save the image, so the Chinese Football Association hopes that Real Madrid can help.
'Help?' Even stupid people know what it means, this is the Chinese Football Association's hope that Real Madrid can play tacit football with the Chinese men's football team.
Pellegrini furrowed his brows, he couldn't believe that such words came from the mouth of a high-level official of a country's football association, and he solemnly put it forward.
"Are they going to lose for Real Madrid?" Pellegrini asked.
"No, it's just a draw." Sanchez said that he was also thinking that the Chinese Football Association was also a little self-aware, and knew that if he won, it would be too 'appalling'.
Pellegrini doesn't speak, obviously. He was reluctant to accept such an arrangement of 'predetermined results'. Pellegrini originally thought that the match with the Huaxia team was also an opportunity to practice. I didn't expect that this would be the case in the end.
Seeing that Pellegrini did not speak. Sanchez continued, "We can put all the main players in the first half, score two more goals, rotate in the second half, change the main players, try new squads, look at new players, as long as it is a draw, it's fine. That's acceptable. β
"Accept what?" Pellegrini stood up all of a sudden, looking very angry, "I won't agree with my team to behave like this, how do you ask me to tell the players, do I sue them to release the water and let the Huaxia team score?" Okay, look at the new players, then Jonk and Kaka are both new players. I put them on the bench and the French kids. β
Sanchez was about to say something when he saw Pellegrini's angry words, but Pellegrini then asked. "Does the Huaxia team know that this game will be a tacit goal?"
Sanchez shook his head, "Their manager knows, the players shouldn't know. It is said that the Football Association gave them a huge bonus for scoring goals...... Manuel. I know it, for a manager. It's very difficult, but I hope you can cooperate once, which is very important for us to develop the Chinese market, you don't know this country, in China, no matter who you cooperate with, you can't get around the official ......"
"The business of commercial development, this is your business, I don't care, I am the head coach of the team, I will not do such a thing." Pellegrini said, "I'm going to agree to it, unless it's not me as the manager of this game!" β
Sanchez didn't seem to be so completely rejected by Pellegrini, he actually threatened to resign, joking, how could he let Pellegrini resign, he is the team's new head coach, and he has been in office for less than a month, besides, how can Pellegrini explain to the media if he resigns? Say that Chileans were forced to resign because they refused to play tacit football?
And to be honest, Sanchez also doesn't agree with the 'tacit ball', that is, when Florentino asked him to talk to Pellegrini about it, the tone was not affirmative, obviously, Florentino was also dissatisfied with this matter, but only reluctantly agreed due to the needs of commercial development, from Florentino's attitude, Sanchez also knew that if the team's head coach refused, Florentino would not force Pellegrini in this matter even if he was strong.
"Alright then, that's the end of it." "I think you, Mr. President, will respect your opinion, and personally, I admire your work ethic. β
"Thank you." Pellegrini did not have the joy of being praised, he sighed, "If this is the case for Chinese football, it is impossible for them to enter the World Cup again." β
Sanchez shook his head, the life or death of Chinese football has nothing to do with them, what he has to think about now is how to reply to the people of the Chinese Football Association, who probably thought that Real Madrid would agree, how would they know that the giants have the dignity of the giants.
Whether it is Pellegrini or Sanchez, or even Florentino, they don't know that more than ten years ago, Chinese football had a glorious era.
From Sampdoria's visit to China in 1994 to Maradona's visit to China in 1997, Chinese football has experienced a dreamlike era, and "Gongti is undefeated" was considered a great legend at that time.
Sampdoria, AC Milan, Arsenal, Gremio and other European and American giants all lost to Chinese teams at the Workers' Stadium. During this period, the victory of foreign strong teams greatly enhanced the confidence and enthusiasm of Chinese fans, which directly detonated the hot A-League in 1994 and 1995.
As a direct result of this self-confidence, many people, not only fans, but even the self-absorbed Chinese Football Association and teams at all levels, are immersed in the joy of defeating world-class teams. I even believe that the level of Chinese football has reached the level of the world's strongest teams.
Unveiling this 'mystery' is a stubborn Brazilian old man named Scarari, yes, the same Scarari who led Brazil and Portugal to the World Cup.
In 1996, Scarari, who was still the head coach of Gremio at the time, led Gremio to visit China, and after losing to the A-A team Guoan, Scarari bombarded the referee of that game, believing that the referee of this game was the most blatant bias in favor of the home team he had ever seen, and said angrily, "I finally understand why so many strong teams lose here." If you can only watch the referee win, then I believe you will never have a chance to reach the World Cup final. Never! β
Scarari, so to speak, this South American predecessor. A good start for Manuel Pellegrini, a Chilean......
After all, the world's strongest teams come to China to visit Wèn for money, who will really compete with a team from a backward country in football? What's more, players who play on the court also have to worry that they may be injured due to the opponent's fierce actions, and their strength will naturally be greatly reduced.
Real Madrid will also contribute to the game, which is the norm in commercial games.
Of course, not paying attention to the game, not working hard, and predetermined the result of the game, these are two different things. So. It is no surprise that Manuel Pellegrini and Real Madrid rejected the matter.
As for the officials of the Chinese Football Association, they don't understand football, they don't know how terrible such behavior is for competitive sports, but for them, they don't pay attention to this, they want to listen to applause. It is a praise, and it is the achievement of being promoted to an official position and making a fortune.
They wanted to be able to draw against the mighty Real Madrid, and they were happy. The fans are happy, everyone is happy together, so why not. A herd of pigs entertaining themselves. It's a fool to be a national fan.
The next morning, when Jonk got up. Most of the team-mates hadn't gotten up yet, and the club didn't come to call them. Yesterday I flew to China for a long time, and I attended dinner and press conferences, and I know that the players are tired.
After a brief breakfast, Jonk headed to Tiananmen Square, a few minutes' walk from the Beijing Hotel, where he was recognizable by the fans despite wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap.
This almost caused a riot, but fortunately, everyone knew that the place was Tiananmen Square, and they were quite restrained, and after Jonk signed autographs for dozens of fans, he couldn't bear it, and finally with the help of the Tiananmen secret service, he was able to leave, he took a photo with the secret service, signed a thank you, and hurried back to the Beijing Hotel.
At this time, the players all got up, and Jonk saw Pepe and Kaka talking there, and when he saw Jonk coming, Pepe looked a little strange, said hello, and left.
Kaka waited for Pepe to leave, beckoned Jonk into the room, and carefully closed the door.
"What's the matter? So mysterious? Jonk wondered.
"I heard Pepe say that yesterday the Chinese Football Association approached the club and wanted to book the result of the draw in the game, but Mr. Pellegrini refused."
"What?" Jonk almost doubted his ears, "Say that again. β
Kaka said it again, and Jonk understood it, and he couldn't hide his shocked expression, so he asked Pepe how he knew.
"Last night, after Pepe came back, he went to Mr. Pellegrini to talk about the endorsement of the roast duck restaurant (Quanjude), Mr. Pellegrini's door was not closed, Mr. Sanchez and Mr. Pellegrini were talking about it, and Pepe heard it."
Jonke scratched his head, he didn't continue to ask how could there be such a thing, hearing this, Jonke felt that this matter was inseparable, how fucked up and stupid the Chinese Football Association was, he knew, it was conceivable that such a thing happened, and the Pig Association was invincible.
Jonke's first feeling was disgrace, of course it wasn't the disgrace of the Huaxia Football Association, the Huaxia Football Association had no face for a long time, how could he say that he was embarrassed?
This is the face of Chinese football, and the loss of face has been lost to Spain, Brazil, and Portugal.
"Who else knows about this?" Jonker's first thought was to control this matter, if the players of Real Madrid knew about it and poked it out, it would be a lot of fun.
"Pepe told me that I had already sued him, don't tell anyone again." When Kaka said this, Jonk breathed a sigh of relief, and he thanked Kaka for what he had done, even though Kaka could have ignored it altogether.
Jonk was still not at ease, he asked Kaka to call Pepe again, and explained to the Portuguese defender, this matter is over, don't spread it, Pepe naturally agreed, don't look at Pepe is easy to get excited on the field, he is not stupid, he knows that this matter is a scandal, he can't talk nonsense, and besides, Pepe and Kaka said this thing, also because Kaka and Jonk have a good relationship, and this guy also feels that this matter is directly said to Jonk, which is a bit different.
Pepe is also very smart, he is selling Jonk a face, he knows. This thing, Jonker, who is a Chinese football star. I won't sit idly by.
Who said that Pepe's brain is easily confused, excited, and a reckless man?
Jonk thanked Pepe. His good mood disappeared all at once. Jonke stopped the spread of the matter, not to cover up the ugliness of the Football Association, if the words were ruthless, Jonke wished that the stupidity of the Chinese Football Association would be completely exposed, and it would not be broken.
It's just that this thing is embarrassing, he is unhappy for the fans who come to the Bird's Nest from all over the country to watch the game, and if this matter is spread, these fans are the most hurt. In addition, Real Madrid's visit to China will also be affected because of this incident, which no one wants to see.
Then again, for the first time, Jonk had a good impression of coach Manuel Pellegrini, and although the Chilean coach had a small conflict with Jonk on the first day of training sessions, Pellegrini still showed the professional ethics that a football manager should have.
For that alone, Pellegrini deserves the respect of Jonker.
Jonk paid attention. It really didn't come out, and it seems that no one really knows about it except Pepe and Kaka.
Kaka was shocked that something like this had happened, and he couldn't believe it. A country's football association does something like this.
Jonk smiled bitterly and said to Kaka that it was not strange that this happened to the Huaxia Football Association. No matter how outrageous things have happened, a bunch of officials who only want to get promoted and get rich. What good things can you do?
Kaka felt incomprehensible to what Jonk had said. Brazilians attribute this to the mystery of China.
Jonk's mood was affected, and after lunch with the whole team at noon, he went back to his room for a lunch break, and slept for almost two hours.
Until the team leader knocked on the door and woke him up, this is the whole team to set off for the Bird's Nest for training, and at the same time, it is also to adapt to the playing field, and the match with the Chinese national team on August 8 will be played on this stadium.
At half past three in the afternoon, the bus of the whole Real Madrid team set off for the Bird's Nest.
As one of the means of commercial promotion and money-raising, Real Madrid's training is naturally open to the public throughout the whole process, and tickets and television rights are also sold. As the boss of Huaxia TV, the court station won the live broadcast rights of all the training of Real Madrid's trip to China at a high price, even if others want to compete with the court TV, it is impossible.
The organizers made money, and of course, Real Madrid also made money, earning 650,000 euros for open training alone.
When Real Madrid arrived outside the Bird's Nest, there were already a lot of fans gathered there, and there was a huge crowd of people.
"Hah, there are so many people." Some people shouted in surprise, they didn't expect so many fans to watch just a training match.
Jonk also sighed in his heart, when he saw the footage of Real Madrid's visit to China on TV, it was not also crowded. The huge number of Chinese fans is unimaginable to Westerners, and 100 million fans are not blown.
In addition, the Chinese football environment is not good, football is sluggish, which also makes many infatuated fans disappointed in the national football team, and the love for football has been transferred to foreign giant clubs, which is understandable, everyone likes beautiful and wonderful things, giants have big-name stars, and they play football beautifully, so naturally some people like it.
Later, the statistics came out, Real Madrid's first training session in Beijing, there were about 50,000 fans came to the scene, of which only 40,000 fans had tickets, which is also the organizer in consideration of safety, so did not continue to sell tickets, after all, this is just training, it is impossible for so many security personnel to come to the scene, the 80,000 seats of the Bird's Nest, naturally it is impossible to sell tickets.
At this moment, most of the fans who have tickets in hand have already entered the stadium, and those outside are some infatuated fans who do not have tickets and cannot enter. They came from all over the country, speaking different dialects, holding posters and shouting the names of their favorite players.
Some shouted Kaka's name, some were Raul's fans, some were Van Nistelrooy's fans......
Of course, in China, whether it is Kaka or Raul or Van Nistelrooy and Casillas, they all have to stand aside, and Jonker is the most popular, of course, not only in China, but even in the world, Jonk's reputation is higher than all other teammates. It's just that in Huaxia, it is completely Jongke's standout. (To be continued......)