Midfielder Ruler

Tang Zheng signed the contract with Nike, and was accompanied by the vice president of Nike Europe, Younan McLaughlin, to attend the following routine interview.

The content of the interview is actually very simple, that is, "What special feeling do you have to become a contracted player under Nike", "Will you feel pressured in your next career", "As the first Chinese football player to come to Nike headquarters to sign a contract What are the prospects and other issues.

In this regard, Tang Zheng was ready to answer meticulously.

At the end of the interview, it was almost noon. Nike showed the style of an international company, and invited the reporters who were present to dine in the cafeteria.

This is the so-called working meal in the fast pace of Americans. This kind of working meal has always been the favorite of media workers.

However, as a professional player, Tang Zheng's intake of food nutrients is very demanding. However, Nike considers that they don't provide Tang Zheng with a working meal but a nutritious nutritious meal.

At about 2:30 pm local time in the United States, Tang Zheng put on Nike jerseys and sneakers at the campus center of the Nike headquarters for a simple print advertising shot.

Because this was Tang Zheng ’s first time shooting a print ad, he seemed a bit cautious, so that Nike ’s special photographer Eddie Adams had to frequently rest Tang Zheng ’s body movements.

On the side of the side, the European Vice President Yunan McLaughlin smiled and said: "I don't think that Tang, who is confident on the court, will feel nervous when shooting print ads, haha ​​..."

Tang Zheng, who was standing in the backlight, pouted and said, "I'm not afraid that I'm not handsome enough to shoot?"

Suddenly, everyone made a good-hearted laughter.

However, Tang Zheng ’s progress surprised photographer Eddie Adams and vice president Yunan McLaughlin, because Tang Zheng ’s progress was too fast, just like his ability to read games on the football field. , You will soon find deficiencies and give corrections.

"Sure enough to be a big player by nature! I wish you a Golden Globe Award in the future!"

When Nike's latest print ad was finished, photographer Eddie Adams gave a high thumbs up to Tang Zheng.

After shooting the print advertisement, because the European vice president Yunan McLaughlin needs to report some work to the headquarters, the accompanying work was handed over to the deputy general manager of the public relations department, Hilary Duff, who will be responsible for all the things before Tang Zheng leaves Nike headquarters. Work includes introducing the history and unique culture of Nike.

During this time, Hilary Duff led Tang Zheng to visit the 16 Nike R & D buildings named after famous athletes at the Nike headquarters.

In addition, I also went to the football equipment R & D center, but the building was not named yet. Hilary Duff, who was in charge of the company, smiled and said to Tang Zheng: "If you make a large enough contribution to Nike, then ... this future The building will be named after you, just like the previous buildings named after 'Michael Jordan' and 'Tiger Woods' ... "

What surprised Tang Zheng was that there were two Chinese statues in Nike headquarters, Liu Xiang and Liu Tong signed by Nike.

The entire visit lasted an hour and a half. Before Tang Zheng and Chen Jia left the Nike headquarters, Nike European Vice President Yunan McLaughlin introduced them to Asia Pacific Vice President Roland Wolfram because he He will also travel to Beijing to be responsible for the press conference held in China.

Chen Jia is very satisfied with Nike's arrangement. First, the vice president of Europe accompanied the signing contract, and then the vice president of the Asia Pacific region accompanied him to a press conference in Beijing. Compared with the arrogant Adidas, it is really better than a star.

No wonder Nike's global performance is much better than Adidas.

At this time, the president of Adidas Europe was very regretful. He thought Tang Zheng could not be far away, so he was a little arrogant. He learned these routines from the profound Chinese culture and tried to escape, but the result was very different from his imagination. ...

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Tang Zheng's return to China this time is completely different from the obscurity in the summer of 2008.

He won the European Golden Boy Award before the winter break, making him a hot young player all over the world, especially his motherland.

Overwhelming continuous reports, those civilians who don't usually watch football know that a young man who played very well in China has won the European Golden Boy Award in Dortmund, Germany.

Although many of them do not know what the European Golden Boy Award is, they always feel that this title is very high and feels honored.

Now signing a contract with Nike, Tang Zheng returns to the country to hold a grand press conference and domestic fans and the media are aware of it.

In fact, as early as the day when Tang Zheng and Nike signed the contract, fans and the media who followed Tang Zheng ’s dynamics knew the news. After all, the transmission of the information age is very rapid.

So outside the Capital International Airport, there were many reporters and fans who heard the news.

Looking at the reporters and fans surrounding the airport exit, Nike Vice President Roland Wolfram said with a smile: "Tang, you are no longer an unknown person, especially in China."

In the latter half of the sentence, Roland Wolfram exacerbated the tone.

However, reporters and fans did not notice Tang Zheng. In this winter, there are not many people like him wearing high-necked down jackets and thick scarfs.

He and Chen Jia followed Roland Wolfram through the VIP channel, and then boarded a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle that had already been prepared, and went straight to the hotel where the press conference was to be held.

Rarely back to China, Tang Zheng will stay in the country for at least one week. He will be given work in the first four days and his family and friends in the next three days.

According to what Tang Zheng's father said, money is enough, but you can't take it away when you are old. Happiness is the most important thing.

In the four days of business, except for the first two days, it was handed over to Nike's press conference and promotion activities in China. The remaining two days were half for the CCTV to record the interview program. Activities and public welfare activities.

The time control is particularly compact.

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On Christmas Day, all major Nike stores in China were replaced with large posters by Tang Zheng, which was very eye-catching.

At the same time, Tang Zheng participated in the new edition of the "Football Night" program, which was very successful.

In addition, the two public service advertisements taken by Tang Zheng are also very good, about youth football and poor children going to school.

With regard to the choice of commercial endorsements, Chen Jia was very discerning and chose Huawei in Shenzhen. The endorsement fee was not high, at 8 million yuan a year, and the two parties signed a contract for two years.

After finishing work, Tang Zheng returned to sh overnight.

The 2009-2010 season of the Bundesliga will start in the second half of the season until January 17th. The team re-trains on January 9th, which means that Tang Zheng can stay at home and return to Dortmund if he wants to.

Christmas is equivalent to the New Year in European and American countries, but there is no holiday in China, so it is boring to stay at home with Tang Zheng, so he disguised himself and came to Datong Middle School.

As he returned to his alma mater last summer, the place he first came to was the football field.

Of course, this time he didn't go to the coach. Now his popularity is too high and he is afraid of causing too much sensation.

This is not to say that he is now famous for playing big names, but that he should relax in the face of a rare holiday.

Like other parents who came to the football stadium of Datong Middle School, he sat in the stands to watch the students train.

However, what Tang Zheng didn't think was that he actually discovered a teenager with great potential. From the appearance of the teenager, he was at most 15 or 16 years old. His characteristics are distinctive, fast, and skilled at the foot. The key is that he is calm in front of the door. This is Many domestic players are not special.

Suddenly, he was alive.

That night, he bought a high-resolution camera and came to the Datong Middle School football field again the next day, specifically shooting the young player playing football.

Sometimes fate is so peculiar, you never know that the person passing by will change your fate.

Even Tang Zheng didn't know that his unintentional move changed a person's fate.

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According to Tang Zheng's plan, he will finish New Year's Day at home and return to Dortmund to continue to obtain a driver's license.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. On the morning of December 31, Tang Zheng received a call from Aguile Castillo, editor-in-chief of Uruguay's "Ethnico" ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ and informed him that he was elected as the 2009 South American Footballer ... …

When Tang Zheng's phone hung up, he had not been relieved for a long time sitting on the sofa.

If he did n’t join Dortmund this summer and stayed in the river bed, he could understand that he won the South American Footballer, but the problem is that he has completely zero games in South America throughout the second half of this year.

So he turned on the computer for the first time and logged in to the official website of Uruguay ’s National Daily.

In the eye-catching position of the "National Daily", there is a photo of Zhang Tangzheng wearing a riverbed shirt. The photo is a bold red Spanish. The meaning is: 2009 South American Footballer Winner: Tang!

The "National Daily" where the club belongs is not Dortmund, but the river bed, which means that Tang Zheng was able to get this year's South American footballer is his excellent performance in the river bed in the first half of the year.

There are also pictures and captions in the eye-catching position. Below are the detailed reasons and basis for Tang Zheng ’s election.

It turned out that this year's South American club players played very differently throughout the year. Those players who performed well in the first half of the year were sluggish in the second half of the year, and those players who performed well in the second half of the year were sluggish in the first half of the year. Only Tang Zheng who led the riverbed to win the double crown in the first half of this year.

In the voting score, Tang Zheng received 109 votes, the second ranked is also from the river bed, currently playing for Falcao in Porto, won 64 votes.

Since Tang Zheng led Falcao by forty-five votes, he also became the most advantageous South American football player in the history of South American football.

At noon on New Year's Day, Tang Zheng and his parents, Chen Jia, went to Pudong Airport non-stop after lunch, and he will travel to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, to receive the South American Footballer's trophy awarded by National Daily.

(To be continued.)