soccer king

250 Pyramid of Greenery

After the first match after returning to China, Qin Xiong returned to the Xianghe National Football Training Base with the team. In the early morning of the next day, Freddie picked him up and left.

The national team will rest for half a month after the world preliminaries, and then concentrate on preparing for the Asian Cup at the end of June. There will be two warm-up matches in early July, and the Asian Cup will open on July 7!

When Freddy came, there were two cars. Qin Xiong sat in the back row of the first car and curiously asked who was sitting in the car behind Freddy.

Freddy replied naturally, "Bodyguard."

"do you need?"

"need."

Qin Xiong didn't ask any more questions.

He found it a little strange that he didn't need bodyguards when he was playing football in Europe, even though sometimes he encountered some minor troubles in life, but when he returned to China, he realized from the moment he stepped out of the airport that he really needed bodyguards.

What happened in the locker room during the intermission of the game was not widely reported by the outside world. The leaders of the Football Association probably issued a gag order to Li Yi and other teammates. Compared with many countries in the world, the management model of the Chinese sports industry is deformed. Participating in it has become the rule of the bureaucratic class. In the sports industry other than football, there are also many unknown things that are covered up. In violent incidents like Qin Xiong who are not fully responsible, the Football Association officials are the first It took time for the "repression to subside" this matter, and even the media that found clues, such as the discovery of Li Yi's disappearance, his lying in the hospital, and the close-up of Qin Xiong's right fist scratching the skin, etc., but the media did not report these Things, when fans across the country are immersed in the joy of celebrating the 8:0 massacre of Malaysia by the national football team, no one is willing to pour cold water on it. Besides, Qin Xiong's influence and strength in the arena are gathering the long-lost hearts of the national football team!

For the next half month, Qin Xiong's schedule is full.

Suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, Qin Xiong became a well-known sports star.

Not just because of the influence football brings.

It also includes him becoming the darling of the advertising spokesperson sponsor during this period.

He was short of time and didn't have time to attend the sponsor's activities, so he stayed in the hotel during this time, either taking a fitness break, or after Freddy and the newly formed brokerage team finalized the content of the advertising endorsement, he asked him to use the shortest Time to finish the ad shoot.

Nike, Pepsi.McDonald's, Gatorade.Tsingtao Brewery, China Mobile, China Life Insurance, Apple, EA Sports Games, Internet Portal Tencent, Shanghai Volkswagen...

In addition to exercising, sleeping and resting, Qin Xiong every day.The rest of the time is spent shooting commercials. Sometimes two or three commercials can be shot in one day, and sometimes it takes two or more days to shoot one commercial.

In the process of changing clothes, posing, reading advertisements, and learning to smile handsomely in front of the camera, his personal wealth is also growing rapidly.

By the time the commercials are finished shooting, it will be near the end of June.

He will also attend a CCTV sports program.

"World Football"

A special program called "China Superstar".

On the evening of the shooting day, Qin Xiong had a brief exchange with host Duan Xuan in the Beijing CCTV sports program studio.Get a general idea of ​​what he needs to do in the show and what questions he will be asked.

His management team arranged his clothes in the background, and the female makeup artist came up again to apply light makeup on Qin Xiong.Just like when he was shooting an advertisement, it made his face look white.The combination of light and shadow angles is very handsome.

Qin Xiong was a little disgusted with makeup, and he didn't raise any objections for shooting commercials, but since it was a live talk show, he raised his hand to stop the behavior of the female makeup artist and said, "No makeup today."

The female makeup artist hesitated for a moment, then stepped back and walked away.

In the center of the studio stage, Duan Xuan has already played a short film introduction on the big screen for the audience who came to the studio. It shows Qin Xiong in the Eredivisie and the Dutch Cup.The UEFA Champions League, and the highlights of the match between the Chinese team and the Malaysian team in the world preliminaries.Finally, Duan Huan asked the audience with a smile: "I believe everyone must know him! Now let's call out his name and invite him to appear!"

The audience who came to the scene shouted Qin Xiong's name in unison, and then Qin Xiong, wearing the national team training uniform, walked out from behind the scenes with a natural and gentle expression. From the moment he appeared, the atmosphere of the scene reached a climax.

Qin Xiong shook hands with Duan Xuan, then turned around and waved to the audience.

He doesn't know what buzzwords are in China now.

I just saw a group of beautiful girls sitting in the front row holding up his posters, and shouting in a soft voice: "Qin Xiong Qin Xiong, I love you, just like a mouse loves rice." Qin Xiong couldn't help but bow his head and laugh stand up.

Sitting with Duan Xuan, Qin Xiong sat alone on the double sofa, Duan Xuan turned his head and stretched out his hand to signal Qin Xiong to look at the big screen.

Qin Xiong saw three photos on the big screen.

They are the photos of him winning the Eredivisie championship, the Dutch Cup championship and the Champions League championship in Europe.

Duan Xuan asked: "As a Chinese player, you have achieved unprecedented success in the Netherlands. We really want to use you to understand the transformation that has taken place in you in the past season, so that we can better understand your life in European football. "

Qin Xiong nodded and asked, "Where do we start?"

Duan Xuan said with a smile: "Let's start with why you chose to go to Ajax for trial training at the beginning of your career? Oh, yes, I want to verify one thing, you will transfer to the Premier League giants Arsenal, right? "

Qin Xiong replied: "Yes, tomorrow I will go to London to formally sign with Arsenal. There will be a medical examination before signing. The club officially notified me today that the FA has approved my labor certification application. It is almost certain that I will work for Arsenal next season. Arsenal played."

"congratulations!"

When Duan Xuan congratulated him, the audience applauded.

"Back to the topic just now, why did you choose the Eredivisie?"

Qin Xiong pondered for a moment, and his expression became serious. He felt that this kind of question was not a small talk, but a very professional and serious topic.

"I have made full preparations to step into professional football. In addition to the training and strength improvement before the age of 18, I also have thoughts and awareness. I think many people do not fully realize the cruelty of football competition, even if they exclude Europe. Taking European football as an example, how many leagues are there? There are more than 20 national leagues, and if you count the low-level leagues in your country, there will be more than 50 or even more leagues. These leagues will There are rankings, rankings represent competitiveness, and competitiveness reflects the league environment.

This creates a pyramid!

The biggest cruelty of the profession of a football player is that: your career almost determines your end point. On average, every two or three years in your career, you face a major turning point!

This is different from other professions. Maybe you are an ordinary employee at the age of 22, a small department leader at the age of 25, and then go up to a higher level at the age of 30, and then continue to struggle. Step by step, you may become one of the decision makers of a company at the age of 45. One, this is a perfect success, and it is a case where many inspirational stories in the industry have been born.

But football is different.

Players want to climb up the pyramid of this green world. If you start at the bottom, it is almost impossible to climb to the top.

The reason is simple, the environment is different!

Those players who are in your age group, they start higher than you, their diligence is not worse than yours, their professional attitude is also very correct, and they get more opportunities, 10 in the same season Within a month, can the experience and training you gain in the bottom league be the same as in the middle or upper league?

Do not!

So in the football world, players who can become top stars, I think they are divided into two categories.

The first category is born in the top league!They took the toughest test from the very beginning of their careers, they persevered, they persevered, and then they succeeded, more than anyone else.

The stars we are familiar with now are in this category, Maldini, Nesta, members of Manchester United's 92 class, Liverpool's three heroes, Spanish flag stars, Bayern's youth training system players and so on.

The other category is players who started not low and made a major career transition at the beginning of their careers, which is what I just said, on average every two or three years. They step on a more challenging stage at the right time , and then rely more on the combination of extraordinary talent and actual combat to quickly improve yourself. This span is not large, but it is very critical.

Representative I think there is a master like Zidane, he started from the Cannes team, how many people know the Cannes team?Zidane did not move to Bordeaux, a better club in France in 92, and went to Juventus in 96. This is his road to world-class fame. If he stays in Cannes for two more years, or stays in Bordeaux for more For a few years, I don't think there will be the current Zidane. The reason has been mentioned before. There is almost no possibility of becoming famous in the football world.

If such a thing is possible, is there any world-class star in the five major leagues who has successfully climbed up one level a year?

almost none.

This is the cruelty of football. You don't have more time than others, and don't think that you really sweat more than others!

Different competitive leagues help you improve your strength and maintain your state, as well as the actual combat effectiveness of the stadium. They are all different. At the beginning, you are at the bottom, and you hope to surpass those who have been in the top league from the beginning in five or six years. The peers who fought?It was a dream, an almost impossible dream.

So I rejected invitations from many clubs in the Chinese Super League. There were also teams in the Japanese and Korean leagues that offered me olive branches last year, and I also rejected them.

The competitiveness of the Eredivisie league ranks among the top 10 in Europe. Although I think the start is still a bit low. After all, Ajax has only two or three opponents in the Netherlands, so this reduces the difficulty of surviving in that league. More energy is In terms of internal competition, this is the reason why I chose the Eredivisie and why I left Ajax and joined Arsenal. "(To be continued~^~)